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Annual Report <strong>on</strong> SAPARD Programme Implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania <strong>in</strong> 2008<br />
ANNUAL REPORT ON SAPARD PROGRAMME<br />
IMPLEMENTATION IN ROMANIA<br />
2008<br />
Revised versi<strong>on</strong><br />
ROMANIA<br />
September, 2009<br />
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CONTENT<br />
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................6<br />
Introducti<strong>on</strong> ...............................................................................................................................17<br />
Chapter I - Changes <strong>in</strong> the general c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of Romania and their impact <strong>on</strong> the<br />
SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong>.....................................................................................23<br />
I. 1 Instituti<strong>on</strong>al and political framework <strong>in</strong> Romania.............................................................23<br />
I. 2 Structural characteristics of Romanian ec<strong>on</strong>omy and the macro-ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />
development ..............................................................................................................................23<br />
I. 3 Demographic developments and populati<strong>on</strong> characteristics <strong>in</strong> Romania.....................25<br />
I. 4 The Romanian agricultural and rural development policy ..............................................27<br />
Chapter II - Assessment of the progress regard<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the priorities,<br />
measures and sub-measures of the SAPARD Programme ...................................................31<br />
II. 1 General Framework............................................................................................................31<br />
II. 2 Analysis of the progress recorded <strong>in</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme ...34<br />
II. 2.1 Measure 1.1 „Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fisheries products” – projects not affected by natural disasters .........................................34<br />
II. 2.2 Measure 1.2 „Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant healthc<strong>on</strong>trol,<br />
for the quality of food stuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”...................................36<br />
II. 2.3 Measure 2.1 „Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure” - projects<br />
not affected by natural disasters .............................................................................................37<br />
II. 2.4 Measure 3.1 „Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs” - projects not affected by<br />
natural disasters........................................................................................................................39<br />
II. 2.5 Measure 3.2 „Sett<strong>in</strong>g up of the producers groups” .....................................................41<br />
II. 2.6 Measure 3.3 „Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the countryside” ..........................................................................41<br />
II. 2.7 Measure 3.4 “Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities generat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come”-projects not affected by natural disasters .....42<br />
II. 2.8 Measure 3.5 „Forestry”...................................................................................................44<br />
II. 2.9 Measure 4.1 „Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g” .....................................................45<br />
II. 2.10 Measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance”...........................................................................46<br />
II. 3 Expenditures by measures................................................................................................46<br />
II. 3.1. Paid projects...................................................................................................................46<br />
II. 3.2. Approved projects..........................................................................................................54<br />
II. 3.3 F<strong>in</strong>alized projects ............................................................................................................58<br />
II. 3. 4 Sensitive sectors............................................................................................................60<br />
II. 3.5 Sancti<strong>on</strong>ed and cancelled projects ...............................................................................65<br />
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II. 4 Achievement stage for the proposed objective...............................................................69<br />
II. 4.1 Measure 1.1 “The Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fisheries products” ...................................................................................................................69<br />
II. 4.2 Measure 1.2 „Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant healthc<strong>on</strong>trol,<br />
for the quality of food stuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”...................................72<br />
II. 4.3 Measure 2.1 „ Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure” .....................72<br />
II. 4.4 Measure 3.1 “Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs”....................................................75<br />
II. 4.5 Measure 3.4 „Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities generat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come”.............................................................................77<br />
II. 4.6 Measure 3.5 „Forestry”...................................................................................................78<br />
II. 5 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the differences between Regi<strong>on</strong>s/Measures/Sub-Measures found<br />
<strong>in</strong> the projects implementati<strong>on</strong> ................................................................................................79<br />
Chapter III - Measures to improve quality and efficiency of SAPARD Programme<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong>........................................................................................................................106<br />
III. 1 Activities of the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority .............................................................................106<br />
III. 2 Competent Authority – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund Activities..........................................................108<br />
III. 2.1 F<strong>in</strong>ancial aspects regard<strong>in</strong>g the implement<strong>in</strong>g status of SAPARD Programme ....108<br />
III. 2.2 Accreditati<strong>on</strong> m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008........................................................................111<br />
III. 2.3 Clearance of accounts .................................................................................................114<br />
III. 2.4 Irregularities <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> ......................................................................................................114<br />
III. 3 Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery activities....................................115<br />
III. 3.1. Audit missi<strong>on</strong>s performed by the Internal Audit Directorate .................................115<br />
III. 3.2 C<strong>on</strong>trol missi<strong>on</strong>s performed by C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud Directorate ........................123<br />
III. 4 The activities of the SAPARD Programme M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee.............................129<br />
III. 5 M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluati<strong>on</strong> system ................................................................................130<br />
III. 6 Measures taken to correct problems identified <strong>in</strong> Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong> ....131<br />
III. 7 Assur<strong>in</strong>g the promoti<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> Romania....................................136<br />
III. 8 Us<strong>in</strong>g the Technical Assistance.....................................................................................139<br />
III. 9 Compliance of the complementarity pr<strong>in</strong>ciple between community funds and<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al funds..........................................................................................................................140<br />
Chapter IV - Coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme with Other F<strong>in</strong>ancial Instruments for<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Support ..............................................................................................................144<br />
IV. 1 General framework .........................................................................................................144<br />
IV. 2 Assistance under PHARE Programme..........................................................................145<br />
IV. 3 Other f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>struments ...........................................................................................147<br />
IV. 3.1 The Rural Development Project for the Apuseni Mounta<strong>in</strong>s funded by IFAD ........147<br />
IV. 3.2 Projects f<strong>in</strong>anced by the World Bank................................................................................149<br />
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Acr<strong>on</strong>yms<br />
approx. - approximate<br />
AFD – Antifraud Fight Department<br />
AFA – Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement<br />
Art. – Article<br />
CAD – C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud Directorate - Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development<br />
and Fishery<br />
CAP – Comm<strong>on</strong> Agricultural Policy<br />
CCIR – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania<br />
CGFSME – Credit Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises<br />
COAC – County Offices for Agriculture C<strong>on</strong>sultancy<br />
CICGS – Council for the Implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Competitive Grant Schemes<br />
CPORDF - County Pay<strong>in</strong>g Offices for Rural Development and Fishery<br />
CU/S - C<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g Unit/Service<br />
DARD – Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
DC - Coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> Directorate<br />
DG Agri – Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development – European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
DGRD – Directorate General for Rural Development – Romanian M<strong>in</strong>istry of<br />
Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
DNA – Directorate Nati<strong>on</strong>al Anti-Corrupti<strong>on</strong><br />
EAFRD – European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development<br />
EAGF – European Agricultural Guarantee Fund<br />
EAGGF – European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund<br />
EC – European Community<br />
EIB – European Investment Bank<br />
EU – European Uni<strong>on</strong><br />
FIFG – F<strong>in</strong>ancial Instrument for Fishery Guarantee<br />
FOP – Fishery Operati<strong>on</strong>al Programme<br />
GD – Government Decisi<strong>on</strong><br />
GDP – Gross Domestic Product<br />
GEO – Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
GO – Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
IAD – Internal Audit Directorate – Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and<br />
Fishery<br />
IBRD – Internati<strong>on</strong>al Bank for Rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and Development<br />
IC – Info-Centres<br />
ICT – Informati<strong>on</strong> and Communicati<strong>on</strong> Technology<br />
IFAD – Internati<strong>on</strong>al Fund for Agricultural Development<br />
ISPA – Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accessi<strong>on</strong><br />
IWUA – Irrigati<strong>on</strong> Water User Associati<strong>on</strong><br />
JMC – Jo<strong>in</strong>t M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
MA – Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for SAPARD Programme<br />
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MAFA – Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement<br />
MAFRD – M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development<br />
MAI – M<strong>in</strong>istry of Adm<strong>in</strong>istrati<strong>on</strong> and Interior<br />
MC – M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
ME – M<strong>in</strong>istry of Envir<strong>on</strong>ment<br />
MPF – M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
MH – M<strong>in</strong>istry of Health<br />
MT – M<strong>in</strong>istry of Transport and Infrastructure<br />
NAAC – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Agency for Agricultural C<strong>on</strong>sultancy<br />
NAFA – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Agency for Fishery and Aquaculture<br />
NALC – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Agency for Land C<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong><br />
NAO – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoris<strong>in</strong>g Officer<br />
NF-Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund<br />
NFI – N<strong>on</strong>-bank<strong>in</strong>g F<strong>in</strong>ancial Instituti<strong>on</strong><br />
NGO – N<strong>on</strong>-Governmental Organisati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
No. - number<br />
NPARD – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
NRDP - Nati<strong>on</strong>al Rural Development Programme 2007-2013<br />
NSVFSA – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sanitary Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety Authority<br />
OG – Official Gazette<br />
PARDF – Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery<br />
PAS - Payment Accountancy Service<br />
PHARE – Poland Hungary, Aid for Rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of the Ec<strong>on</strong>omy<br />
PIAA – Pay<strong>in</strong>g and Interventi<strong>on</strong> Agency for Agriculture<br />
PIAD - Public Internal Audit Directorate<br />
PPD - Project Payment Directorate<br />
PMU – Project Management Unit<br />
RCGF – Rural Credit Guarantee Fund<br />
RPCRDF – Regi<strong>on</strong>al Pay<strong>in</strong>g Centres for Rural Development and Fishery<br />
RFP – Rural F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Project<br />
SVFSD - Sanitary Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety Directorate<br />
SAPARD – Special pre-Accessi<strong>on</strong> Programme for Agriculture and Rural<br />
Development<br />
SAD-Selecti<strong>on</strong>, Assessment Directorate<br />
SAO/S – Selecti<strong>on</strong>, Assessment Office/Service<br />
MARS- M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g, Assessment, Report<strong>in</strong>g Service<br />
SDR – Special Draft Right<br />
STAR Committee – Agricultural and Rural Structures Committee<br />
TDS – Technical Delegated Services<br />
ToR – Terms of Reference<br />
TP - Technical Project<br />
UPS - Under Pressure Stati<strong>on</strong><br />
USD - US Dollar<br />
T - t<strong>on</strong>e<br />
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />
In accordance with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of Article 8, secti<strong>on</strong> B of the Annex to the Multi-<br />
Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement between the Government of Romania and the<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> of the European Communities (MAFA), signed <strong>on</strong> 2 nd of February 2001<br />
<strong>in</strong> Brussels (Agreement ratified by Law no. 316/2001 published <strong>in</strong> the Official Gazette<br />
(OG) no. 362/2001), Romania has the resp<strong>on</strong>sibility of elaborat<strong>in</strong>g and submitt<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>, with<strong>in</strong> six m<strong>on</strong>ths of the end of each full calendar year of<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong>, the Annual Report <strong>on</strong> SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> for the<br />
previous year. In this respect, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for SAPARD Programme (MA)<br />
<strong>in</strong> collaborati<strong>on</strong> with the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
draws up the above menti<strong>on</strong>ed <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> and submits it for analysis and approval to the<br />
members of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee for SAPARD Programme, previous to its<br />
submissi<strong>on</strong> to the Commissi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The current Report covers the implementati<strong>on</strong> period from the 1 st of January 2008 up<br />
to the 31 st of December 2008.<br />
In accordance with the Commissi<strong>on</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong> EC (2000) no. 3742 of 12 th of<br />
December 2000, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Plan for Agriculture and Rural Development (NPARD)<br />
is the basis of the SAPARD Programme Implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania. NPARD was<br />
drawn up by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development (MAFRD).<br />
Changes <strong>in</strong> the general c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of Romania and their impact <strong>on</strong> the SAPARD<br />
Programme implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
As regards the macro-ec<strong>on</strong>omic trends and structural characteristics of the<br />
Romanian ec<strong>on</strong>omy, it can be noticed that the country’s GDP has raised up to<br />
503,958.7 milli<strong>on</strong> lei <strong>in</strong> 2008, from 412,761.5 milli<strong>on</strong> lei <strong>in</strong> 2007. The <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> GDP<br />
growth rate was 7.1 percent <strong>in</strong> 2008 compared to 6.2 percent <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
The share of the private sector with<strong>in</strong> the GDP recorded a setback <strong>in</strong> 2008,<br />
account<strong>in</strong>g for 70.8 percent of the total GDP, down from 72.2 percent <strong>in</strong> 2007. The<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>flati<strong>on</strong> rate marked an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> 2008, reach<strong>in</strong>g a 7.85 percent compared<br />
to 4.8 percent <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
The unemployment rate recorded an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> 2008, compared to the previous<br />
year, reach<strong>in</strong>g by the end of 2008 a 4.4 percent <strong>in</strong> comparis<strong>on</strong> to 4.1 percent <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
In 2008, the private sector share <strong>in</strong> agriculture, forestry, exploitati<strong>on</strong> and game<br />
ec<strong>on</strong>omy, reached 94.2 percent of the sector’s overall gross added value.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the evoluti<strong>on</strong> of the agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> sector, compared to the<br />
previous year can be noticed an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> 2003 (up to 7.5 percent), 2004 (up to<br />
18.1 percent), 2006 (up to 2.4 percent), as well as <strong>in</strong> 2008 (up to 21.7 percent).<br />
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As of July 1 st 2008, Romania’s populati<strong>on</strong> totalled 21.50 milli<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>habitants, out of<br />
which the rural populati<strong>on</strong> accounted for 44.9 percent of the total.<br />
The age structure of the populati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the slow, but steady, trend of<br />
demographic ag<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued, with higher numbers <strong>in</strong> rural areas. In the rural area,<br />
the female populati<strong>on</strong> is older than the male <strong>on</strong>e. The average populati<strong>on</strong> age –<br />
higher am<strong>on</strong>g the female <strong>on</strong>e – has risen <strong>in</strong> both areas compared with 2007.<br />
Educati<strong>on</strong> wise, <strong>in</strong> the third quarter of the year 2008, 62.4 percent of the populati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
15 and over has at least high-school educati<strong>on</strong> (52.7 percent high-school, and 9.7<br />
percent, higher educati<strong>on</strong> graduates), while 37.7 percent of the populati<strong>on</strong> of 15 and<br />
over presents a low educati<strong>on</strong> level.<br />
There are differences between the urban and the rural populati<strong>on</strong> structures <strong>in</strong> terms<br />
of their level of educati<strong>on</strong>. Thus a larger c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> of the 15+ populati<strong>on</strong> with<br />
higher educati<strong>on</strong> is found <strong>in</strong> the urban area (with 76.9 percent of people be<strong>in</strong>g highschool<br />
or upper educati<strong>on</strong> graduates), while <strong>in</strong> the rural area, the low-educati<strong>on</strong><br />
populati<strong>on</strong> prevails (about 55.8 percent have graduated the elementary or sec<strong>on</strong>dary<br />
school or have no educati<strong>on</strong> at all). The most significant gap is found am<strong>on</strong>g higher<br />
educati<strong>on</strong> graduates, whose share is seven times higher <strong>in</strong> the urban area.<br />
Assessment of the progress regard<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the priorities,<br />
measures and sub-measures of the SAPARD Programme<br />
As regards measure 1.1 „Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural<br />
and fisheries products”, dur<strong>in</strong>g the 48 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held dur<strong>in</strong>g August 2002 - July<br />
2006, 736 projects were submitted out of which 466 were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total<br />
eligible approved value of 1,248,222.502 thousand LEI, respectively 345.143 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro.<br />
With<strong>in</strong> measure 1.2 „Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant healthc<strong>on</strong>trol,<br />
for the quality of foodstuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”, dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5<br />
sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between May 2006 - October 2006, out of the 20 submitted projects,<br />
20 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of 129,428.687<br />
thousand LEI, respectively 36.104 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 9 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between August - November 2002 and between April –<br />
August 2006 for measure 2.1 “Development and improvement of rural<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure”, out of the 781 submitted projects, 762 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of 2,106,678.208 thousand LEI.<br />
Out of the total number of approved projects for Measure 2.1, approximately 50% are<br />
under the sub-measure Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas (380 approved projects, 36% are under<br />
the sub-measure Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply <strong>in</strong> centralised system <strong>in</strong> rural areas (273<br />
approved projects) and 11% are under the sub-measure Sewerage <strong>in</strong> centralised<br />
system <strong>in</strong> rural areas (87 approved projects) and 3% are approved projects for submeasures<br />
<strong>on</strong> preventi<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong> works aga<strong>in</strong>st floods (22 approved projects).<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 32 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between December 2003 – July 2006, with<strong>in</strong> measure<br />
3.1 „Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs” from the total number of submitted projects<br />
– 2,984 projects, 1,921 were c<strong>on</strong>tracted with a total eligible approved value of<br />
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834,372.636 thousand LEI, respectively 231.323 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Approximately 62% of the approved projects for this measure are for <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong><br />
sub-measure “Field crops” (1,190 approved projects), regard<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly the<br />
procurement of mach<strong>in</strong>ery and <strong>in</strong>dependent equipments.<br />
For measure 3.2 „Sett<strong>in</strong>g up of the producers groups”, dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held<br />
between July 2006 - November 2006, 4 projects were submitted, these projects were<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of 304.608 thousand LEI,<br />
respectively 0.086 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
About 75% of the approved projects for this measure refer to the <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>on</strong><br />
submeasure Milk (3 approved projects).<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between July 2006 - November 2006, with<strong>in</strong> measure 3.3<br />
„Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><br />
the countryside”, 48 projects were submitted, out of which 47 were c<strong>on</strong>tracted with a<br />
total eligible approved amount of 764.719 thousand LEI, namely 0.217 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The 47 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects aim at types of activities regard<strong>in</strong>g the preserv<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
biodiversity by us<strong>in</strong>g the traditi<strong>on</strong>al agriculture practices.<br />
For measure 3.4 “Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities generat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come”, dur<strong>in</strong>g the 32 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between<br />
December 2003 – July 2006, from the total number of 1,658 submitted projects,<br />
1,080 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted, with a total eligible approved value of 251,672.724<br />
thousand LEI, respectively 69.610 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Approximately 60% of the approved projects for this measure is for <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong><br />
sub-measure “Rural Tourism” (643 approved projects). Likewise sub-measure “Other<br />
Activities” holds a quota of 31% (335 c<strong>on</strong>tracts), out of total number of approved<br />
projects for measure 3.4, most of the <strong>in</strong>vestments are made <strong>in</strong> bee-keep<strong>in</strong>g (214<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts represent<strong>in</strong>g 64% out of the total number for this sub-measure) and to a<br />
smaller extent <strong>in</strong> snail and frog breed<strong>in</strong>g (88 c<strong>on</strong>tracts represent<strong>in</strong>g 26% of the total<br />
number for this sub-measure).<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 3 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between May - July 2006, with<strong>in</strong> measure 3.5 „Forestry”,<br />
out of the 158 submitted projects, 114 projects was c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible<br />
approved value of 236,504.634 thousand LEI, respectively 66.677 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
As regards measure 4.1 “Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”, by the end of 2008,<br />
5 projects with a total value of 10,521.610 thousand LEI were approved, mean<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2.901 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro; all these projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted dur<strong>in</strong>g 2005.<br />
By the end of 2008, 10 projects, with a total value of 5,214.570 thousand LEI,<br />
mean<strong>in</strong>g 1.374 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, were approved under measure 4.2 “Technical<br />
Assistance”.<br />
The approved projects ensure technical assistance for: M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g (1 project), nati<strong>on</strong>al sem<strong>in</strong>ars (2 projects), <strong>in</strong>formative and publicity<br />
campaigns (2 projects), mak<strong>in</strong>g preparatory studies for other measures (3 projects)<br />
and mak<strong>in</strong>g the mid-term evaluati<strong>on</strong> of the Programme (2 projects).<br />
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Until 31 st of December 2008, the amount of the paid projects <strong>on</strong> measures was of<br />
1,278.744 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, respectively 254.030 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for year 2008, out of which:<br />
• 340.683 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 1.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 26.64% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 17.853 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 1.2, represent<strong>in</strong>g 1.40% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 578.747 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 2.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 45.26% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 229.412 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 17.94% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• In 2008 the payments for measure 3.2 started. The payments executed<br />
were <strong>in</strong> value of 0.029 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.002% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 0.187 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.3, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.01% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 64.832 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.4, represent<strong>in</strong>g 5.07% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 42.548 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.5, represent<strong>in</strong>g 3.33% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 3.028 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 4.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.24% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 1.424 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 4.2, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.11% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
Regard<strong>in</strong>g the approved projects, until December 31 st 2008, 4.414 projects were<br />
approved with a public value of 1,322.391 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, <strong>on</strong> the <strong>in</strong>vestment measures,<br />
out of which 10.56% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts under Measure 1.1, 0.45% represents<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts under Measure 1.2, 17.26% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts under Measure 2.1,<br />
43.52% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.1, 0.09% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
under Measure 3.2, 1.07% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.3, 24.47% are<br />
projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.4 and 2.58% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under<br />
Measure 3.5.<br />
The public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value, afferent to the c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1, was of<br />
345.143 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 26.10% out of the total commitments of the<br />
PARDF. On Measure 1.2 the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 36.104 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e.<br />
2.73% out of the total commitments of the PARDF. On Measure 2.1, the public<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 573.231 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 43.35% out of the total<br />
commitments of the PARDF. On Measure 3.1, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was<br />
231.323 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 17.49% out of the total commitments. On Measure 3.2, the<br />
public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was 0.086 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 0.01% out of the total<br />
commitments. On Measure 3.3, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was 0.217 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
i.e. 0.02% out of the total commitments. On Measure 3.4, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
was 69.610 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 5.26% out of the total commitments of the PARDF. On<br />
Measure 3.5 the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was 66.677 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 5.04% out of the<br />
total commitments of the PARDF.<br />
At the same time, by 31 December 2008, a number of 120 projects affected by<br />
natural disasters were approved hav<strong>in</strong>g a public value of 73.846 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro <strong>on</strong> the<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestments measures. Out of these projects, 2.50% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong> Measure<br />
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1.1, 69.17% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong> Measure 2.1 and 25.83% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 3.1, respectively 2.50% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value afferent to the c<strong>on</strong>tracts affected by disasters <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 1.1 was of 6.315 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 8.55% from the total PARDF<br />
commitments. On Measure 2.1, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 59.898 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro, respectively 81.11% from the total PARDF commitments. On Measure 3.1, the<br />
public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 7.183 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, respectively 9.73% from the total<br />
commitments and <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 0.450 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro, respectively 0.61% from the total PARDF commitments.<br />
For the entire Programme, at the end of 2008 the total committed amount (1,400.512<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> Euro) shows a commitment degree of 92.05% from the 2000-2006<br />
allocati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
By December 31 st 2008, 3,965 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized, out of which 430 <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 1.1, out of which <strong>on</strong>e f<strong>in</strong>alized project be<strong>in</strong>g projects affected by natural<br />
disasters, 6 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.2, 749 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 2.1 out of which 50 f<strong>in</strong>alized projects be<strong>in</strong>g projects affected by natural<br />
disasters, 1,807 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1 out of which 31 f<strong>in</strong>alized projects be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
projects affected by natural disasters, 902 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, out of which 2<br />
f<strong>in</strong>alized projects be<strong>in</strong>g projects affected by natural disasters, 56 projects <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 3.5, 5 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 4.1 and 10 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong> Measure<br />
4.2.<br />
Out of 3,965 projects, 777 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>in</strong> 2008 as follows: 120 projects<br />
under Measure 1.1, 6 projects under Measure 1.2, 148 projects under Measure<br />
2.1, 184 projects under Measure 3.1, 289 projects under Measure 3.4, 26 projects<br />
under Measure 3.5, 3 projects under Measure 4.1 and 1 projects under Measure<br />
4.2.<br />
By December 31 st 2008, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the official data, 806 projects were cancelled<br />
and sancti<strong>on</strong>ed due to irregularities, out of which 99 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1, 2<br />
projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.2, 228 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 2.1, 168 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1,<br />
45 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.3, 247 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, 6 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.5,<br />
2 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 4.1 and 9 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 4.2.<br />
Measures to improve quality and efficiency of SAPARD Programme<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to its specific tasks, <strong>in</strong> 2008, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for SAPARD<br />
Programme (MA) organized a number of activities to help <strong>in</strong>crease the effectiveness<br />
of the Programme implementati<strong>on</strong>, by ensur<strong>in</strong>g the coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g activities.<br />
Given that art. 2 of the Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreement stipulates that the EC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> is determ<strong>in</strong>ed through Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreements, the MA has taken<br />
the necessary steps to c<strong>on</strong>clude, ratify, and notify the ratificati<strong>on</strong> of Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Agreement 2006.<br />
On December 4 th , 2008, the Agreement between the Romanian Government and the<br />
European Communities’ Commissi<strong>on</strong>, <strong>on</strong> behalf of the European Community, was<br />
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signed at Bucharest and Bruxelles, to amend the Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement 2006.<br />
The agreement extends the validity deadl<strong>in</strong>e of the Community’s f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
commitment for 2006 up to December 31 st , 2009. Thus, the decommitment of funds<br />
allocated to Romania under SAPARD Programme for 2006 is avoided.<br />
In 2008, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority organized the 16 th reuni<strong>on</strong> of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Committee for SAPARD Programme (MC), <strong>on</strong> the 25 th of November. The approval by<br />
the MC members, <strong>in</strong> written procedure, of the 2007 SAPARD <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> was<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sidered the 15 th reuni<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority ensured the secretariat Committee’s reuni<strong>on</strong>s and<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed a permanent c<strong>on</strong>tact with the representative bodies of the MC, <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
identify the problems they are fac<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
In accordance with Art. 8 - Secti<strong>on</strong> B <strong>in</strong> MAFA, the MA elaborated the Annual Report<br />
<strong>on</strong> the SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania for 2007, which was<br />
submitted to the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee members, for approval, <strong>in</strong> written procedure,<br />
<strong>on</strong> 16 th of June 2008.<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> was sent for further approval to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 20 th of June<br />
2008.<br />
Also, SAPARD MA proposed for approval of the MC members the modificati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
NPARD, c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the reallocati<strong>on</strong> with<strong>in</strong> measure 2.1 “Development and<br />
improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure”, for 2006, of an amount of 45.00 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
from the Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> from the affected areas to the not affected areas,<br />
without modify<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>itially allocated amount for this measure, respectively the<br />
value of 524.81 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Also, the MA proposed the <strong>in</strong>crease with 0.1 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for<br />
measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance”, for 2005, through redistributi<strong>on</strong> from measure<br />
1.2 “Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary, and plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trol, for the<br />
quality of foodstuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>” <strong>in</strong> order for the f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
level to corresp<strong>on</strong>d to the value foreseen <strong>in</strong> the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>programme</strong> elaborated for<br />
this measure.<br />
The Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund with<strong>in</strong> the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ances submitted <strong>in</strong> 2008 to the<br />
European Commissi<strong>on</strong> – DG Agri Declarati<strong>on</strong>s of expenditure and payment<br />
applicati<strong>on</strong>s for a total amount of 152,050,058.27 Euro.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the supplementary Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure and the Request of Funds<br />
no. 36, with cut off date of 30th November 2008, the total amount of expenditures<br />
from European Uni<strong>on</strong>’s SAPARD funds from the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>programme</strong> up to<br />
31 st November 2008, is 909.963.876,79 Euro. This sum also <strong>in</strong>cludes the amount of<br />
685.167,89 Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g payments effectuated from the <strong>in</strong>terest gathered <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Euro SAPARD account.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> reimbursed to the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund a total<br />
amount of 10.549.598, 00 Euro from the total eligible amount requested <strong>in</strong> 2008.<br />
The difference from the requested amount and the transferred <strong>on</strong>e <strong>in</strong> amount of<br />
141.500.460.27 Euro, will be subjected to the transfers from the European<br />
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Commissi<strong>on</strong> from the budget of 2009, after the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the ”Acti<strong>on</strong> plan for<br />
the implementati<strong>on</strong> of DG AGRI’s recommendati<strong>on</strong>s follow<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong><br />
from June, 3rd-13th 2008”.<br />
Due to the exhaust<strong>in</strong>g of the available amount <strong>in</strong> Euro SAPARD account, determ<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
by the time difference between its use and their reimbursement by the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> (EC), and of the suspensi<strong>on</strong> of the payments by EC, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund<br />
transferred to PARDF an amount of 141.629.043, 84 Euro. On 31.12.2008 it should<br />
have been replenished the buffer fund account with the amount of 117.663.669,13<br />
Euro. This amount is to be returned to the state budget as so<strong>on</strong> as it will be restarted<br />
the EC payments to Romania.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the stipulati<strong>on</strong>s of art. 6 of the EC Regulati<strong>on</strong> no. 248/2007 regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the measures c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the multi-<str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g agreements and the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g agreements signed <strong>on</strong> the basis of SAPARD Programme, as well as to the<br />
transiti<strong>on</strong> from the SAPARD Programme to the <strong>programme</strong>s for rural development,<br />
the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoris<strong>in</strong>g Officer (NAO) <strong>in</strong>formed the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> as so<strong>on</strong><br />
as it was proposed any modificati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> the implement<strong>in</strong>g of SAPARD Programme<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s submitted by the auditors EC-DG AGRI, as a result<br />
of the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> Romania, dur<strong>in</strong>g 3-13 June,<br />
2008, the nati<strong>on</strong>al payments to the beneficiaries were suspended. NAO imposed to<br />
PARDF some c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s accord<strong>in</strong>g to which these payments will be realised from the<br />
state budget.<br />
These c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s were ma<strong>in</strong>ly po<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g out the improvement of PARDF procedures<br />
and also to ensure a sufficient number of tra<strong>in</strong>ed staff so that it is ensured that the<br />
large number of requests of funds, registered by PARDF dur<strong>in</strong>g the period when the<br />
payments were suspended, will be processed <strong>in</strong> time and accord<strong>in</strong>gly. Only after the<br />
fulfilment of the c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s and the communicati<strong>on</strong> to EC of the Instructi<strong>on</strong> no. 118,<br />
<strong>on</strong> 25.09.2008, it has been restarted the nati<strong>on</strong>al payments from funds bel<strong>on</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the state budget for the beneficiaries of SAPARD Programme.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the activities and audit missi<strong>on</strong>s performed by the Internal Audit<br />
Directorate with<strong>in</strong> the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery, <strong>in</strong><br />
accordance with the Annual Audit Plan for 2008 and <strong>in</strong> accordance with the Strategic<br />
Audit Plan for period 2008-2010 for SAPARD Programme and <strong>in</strong>cluded checks as<br />
regards:<br />
• The manner the procedures for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Measures 1.2, 3.2,<br />
3.3 („100% Re-performance”) are observed and the follow up of the<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s related to these verificati<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• The completeness, the accuracy and the veracity of the Agency’s accounts for<br />
the years 2006 and 2007;<br />
• The manner the public procurement procedure for the projects related to the<br />
Measure 2.1 of the regi<strong>on</strong>s affected by natural disasters is observed;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the PROSYS software applicati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the manner of establish<strong>in</strong>g the public procurement procedure (G3<br />
ACP) applicable to the procurements performed by the beneficiaries of the<br />
Measures 1.2 and 2.1 dur<strong>in</strong>g 2007;<br />
• Identify<strong>in</strong>g the causes which led to the emergence of the differences between<br />
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the Agency’s directorates records for the projects f<strong>in</strong>anced by SAPARD<br />
Programme;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the audit trail for the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and circulars letters issued <strong>in</strong> order<br />
to amend the procedures for the SAPARD Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the Procedure Manual for record<strong>in</strong>g and recover<strong>in</strong>g the debts G8<br />
IRD;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the proposals to amend the payments’ executi<strong>on</strong> procedure, G6 –<br />
EP;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the proposals to amend the procedures drawn up for the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> compliance with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
of the MARD’s Order no. 63/2008;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the proposals for the modificati<strong>on</strong>s and completi<strong>on</strong>s of the<br />
procedures drawn up for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong><br />
compliance with the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s recommendati<strong>on</strong>s by letter no.<br />
16.859/09.07.2008;<br />
• Follow<strong>in</strong>g up the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s and observati<strong>on</strong>s made by authorized<br />
external entities, namely: European Court of Auditors, European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s auditors, Audit Authority from the Romanian Court of Accounts,<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ances – Internal Public Audit Directorate, C<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
Department of the Government, MARFD’s General Directorate for Technical<br />
Inspecti<strong>on</strong>s and C<strong>on</strong>trol;<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g these audit missi<strong>on</strong>s, the Internal Audit Directorate issued audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s that<br />
were submitted to the management of Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and<br />
Fishery, to the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoriz<strong>in</strong>g Officer, to the Audit Directorate with<strong>in</strong> MAFRD, to<br />
the external auditors with<strong>in</strong> Audit Authority - Romanian Court of Accounts, the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ance – Internal Public Audit Directorate and European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs and recommendati<strong>on</strong>s with the high level of importance drawn up<br />
as a result of the audit missi<strong>on</strong>s and presented <strong>in</strong> the audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for year 2008<br />
address to the follow<strong>in</strong>g deficiencies:<br />
• Executi<strong>on</strong> of an overpayment;<br />
• The pr<strong>in</strong>ciple of sound f<strong>in</strong>ancial management was not observed accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
MAFA’s provisi<strong>on</strong>s, Secti<strong>on</strong> B, article. 4;<br />
• Fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> and/ or clarify<strong>in</strong>g the procurements procedures;<br />
• The discrepancies between the procedures’ manual G8 - IRD and the other<br />
PARDF procedures elaborated for the SAPARD Program or other documents<br />
from the nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• The provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> force regard<strong>in</strong>g the public<br />
procurements have not been observed;<br />
• Lack of assurance measures;<br />
• Use of a procedure manual that does not observe the requirements of the<br />
European Commissi<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Incomplete procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• Deficiencies <strong>in</strong> communicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the accredited procedure, the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud Directorate (CAD),<br />
under the direct subord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the general director of PARDF, carries out technical<br />
and f<strong>in</strong>ancial verificati<strong>on</strong>s of the projects <strong>in</strong> terms of their certificati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>formity,<br />
eligibility, selecti<strong>on</strong> and payments, ma<strong>in</strong>tenance of the eligibility <strong>on</strong> a 5-year period of<br />
time, and also <strong>in</strong> terms of <strong>in</strong>ternal c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>in</strong> order to prevent fraud and also to<br />
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assure the proper use of funds, observ<strong>in</strong>g the quality requirements def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the<br />
project.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol activities c<strong>on</strong>sisted <strong>in</strong>:<br />
I. The verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> and executi<strong>on</strong> stage;<br />
II. The verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects after the last payment (the ex-post verificati<strong>on</strong>);<br />
The activities of the SAPARD Programme M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 2001-2008 period, sixteen reuni<strong>on</strong>s of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee have<br />
been carried out, of which the last two dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008. Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, was organized a<br />
M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee meet<strong>in</strong>g, and also a written procedure of the Annual Report<br />
approval.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s with the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s officials it was decided<br />
that the approval of the 2007 SAPARD <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> by the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
members, <strong>in</strong> written procedure, to be c<strong>on</strong>sidered a reuni<strong>on</strong> of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Committee, namely the 15 th .<br />
M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluati<strong>on</strong> system<br />
The m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of SAPARD Programme is performed us<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>dicators<br />
corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to the specific character of the assistance and socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />
structural and envir<strong>on</strong>mental situati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania.<br />
At PARDF’s level, the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicators are grouped as follows: regi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicators, f<strong>in</strong>ancial m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicators, and achievement <strong>in</strong>dicators.<br />
To ensure an efficient system to trace and po<strong>in</strong>t out the SAPARD Programme’s<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> stage, a series of acti<strong>on</strong>s related to m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g reflected <strong>in</strong> various<br />
daily, weekly or m<strong>on</strong>thly situati<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the collecti<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>in</strong> different stages a project goes through: applicati<strong>on</strong>, selecti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
notificati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g, payment claim applicati<strong>on</strong>, payment authorizati<strong>on</strong> and the<br />
actual payment of the <strong>in</strong>stalment.<br />
Measures taken to correct problems identified <strong>in</strong> the SAPARD Programme’s<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
In order to solve the problems identified dur<strong>in</strong>g the Programmes’ implementati<strong>on</strong>, the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g have been implemented:<br />
• Acti<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g procedures’ improvement (improvement of the <strong>in</strong>ternal<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol system referr<strong>in</strong>g to the management of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s, modificati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the procurement procedures for the public beneficiaries of the SAPARD<br />
Programme).<br />
• Acti<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the sett<strong>in</strong>g up of a database which c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s all the projects<br />
that were submitted with<strong>in</strong> the SAPARD Programme. On 31st of August 2008,<br />
the procedure for load<strong>in</strong>g the database with all <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> was launched so at<br />
the moment the database c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s all SAPARD projects submitted with<strong>in</strong><br />
SAPARD Programme, all addenda related to each project and also c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s<br />
all the payment <strong>in</strong>stalments (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g all the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> related to the<br />
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payment order that the respective transacti<strong>on</strong> has been made).<br />
• Measures related to endowment – dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, procurements from the<br />
Agency’s own budget <strong>in</strong> total value of 3,543.600 lei, were performed, beside<br />
the current functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g expenditures.<br />
• Measures regard<strong>in</strong>g the ensur<strong>in</strong>g of the necessary staff (based <strong>on</strong> G.E.O. no.<br />
65/2008 <strong>on</strong> the amendment and completi<strong>on</strong> of G.E.O. 13/2006 regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
establishment, organizati<strong>on</strong> and functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural<br />
Development and Fishery, by re-organiz<strong>in</strong>g SAPARD Agency, as well as for<br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g up of some measures regard<strong>in</strong>g the effectiveness of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
Interventi<strong>on</strong> Agency for Agriculture), PARDF has 1613, 1461 occupied and<br />
152 are vacant. On 31 st of December 2008, the degree of fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the job<br />
positi<strong>on</strong>s was of 90%.<br />
• Measures of staff tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g - aimed at strengthen<strong>in</strong>g of the proffessi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
competences accord<strong>in</strong>g to the job positi<strong>on</strong> requirements and the strategy of<br />
Agency’s development c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the follow<strong>in</strong>g fields: security of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
measures of rural development c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the evaluati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
authoriz<strong>in</strong>g and payment account<strong>in</strong>g, debts recover<strong>in</strong>g, legislati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
management, communicati<strong>on</strong> processes and unitary applicati<strong>on</strong> of the work<strong>in</strong>g<br />
procedures regard<strong>in</strong>g the SAPARD and EFARD Programmes. The number of<br />
employees <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sessi<strong>on</strong>s was of 1400.<br />
• Measures regard<strong>in</strong>g the legal framework.<br />
Assur<strong>in</strong>g the SAPARD Programme promoti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania<br />
The promoti<strong>on</strong> activity of SAPARD Programme dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 was achieved ma<strong>in</strong>ly<br />
through the presentati<strong>on</strong> of the Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong> stage, by press<br />
releases and public <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>, successful projects implemented us<strong>in</strong>g SAPARD<br />
funds and also achieved with<strong>in</strong> the specific public events.<br />
In this respect, PARDF carried out a series of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> activities, namely:<br />
• Presentati<strong>on</strong> of models of projects implemented under SAPARD;<br />
• Draw<strong>in</strong>g up and distribut<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formative materials;<br />
• Participati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong> events;<br />
• Fil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> and updat<strong>in</strong>g PARDF’s website.<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong> to the accessi<strong>on</strong> and implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Programme of Rural<br />
Development 2007 – 2013, the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> provided by the specialized department<br />
(Promoti<strong>on</strong>, Communicati<strong>on</strong> and Mass-Media Relati<strong>on</strong>s Directorate - PCMMRD) and<br />
by the resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the advertis<strong>in</strong>g campaigns at regi<strong>on</strong>al and county levels was<br />
focused <strong>on</strong> the progress of SAPARD Programme, especially as regards the<br />
payments executi<strong>on</strong> process.<br />
Therefore, the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery has allocated a<br />
special attenti<strong>on</strong> for this type of communicati<strong>on</strong>, ensur<strong>in</strong>g the mediat<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
SAPARD Programme and of the EFARD through: press releases and efficient<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong> with mass-media.<br />
Us<strong>in</strong>g the Technical Assistance<br />
As regards Measure 4.1 “Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”, 5 projects had been<br />
approved by the end of 2008, <strong>in</strong> value of 13,287.55 thousand lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g 3.65<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> Euro. All these projects had been c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>in</strong> 2005.<br />
10 projects <strong>in</strong> value of 5,839.98 thousand lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g 1.54 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, had<br />
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been approved by the end of 2008 under the technical assistance measure.<br />
Observ<strong>in</strong>g the pr<strong>in</strong>ciple of complementarity of the Community funds with<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al funds<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the art. 3 ”Complementarity and technical assistance“<br />
from the Council Regulati<strong>on</strong> (EC). 1268/1999 <strong>on</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>ancial aid of the preaccessi<strong>on</strong><br />
measures for agriculture and rural development <strong>in</strong> the candidate countries<br />
of Central and Eastern Europe <strong>in</strong> the pre-accessi<strong>on</strong> period, "Community acti<strong>on</strong><br />
complements nati<strong>on</strong>al acti<strong>on</strong>s appropriate or c<strong>on</strong>tribute to them." To these provisi<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
the Romanian Government promotes a policy to support the agricultural producers.<br />
In order to support producers <strong>in</strong> the crop and livestock sectors, about 3,127,090,019<br />
lei were allocated from the 2008 MAFRD approved budget through the f<strong>in</strong>ancial aid<br />
<strong>programme</strong> promoted by the M<strong>in</strong>istry, for payment of state support to farmers.<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme with Other F<strong>in</strong>ancial Instruments for<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Support<br />
In order to accomplish the coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the Programme with other f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
<strong>in</strong>struments and <strong>in</strong> order to avoid overlaps and to ensure a transparent use of<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al fund<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>struments, Romania has created the needed structures for<br />
assur<strong>in</strong>g the coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
assistance.<br />
As regards the technical assistance provided under PHARE Programmes, <strong>in</strong> 2008<br />
PARDF benefited of a series of projects under PHARE Programme:<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for the staff of the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority and for the bodies <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong><br />
the programm<strong>in</strong>g process and the sett<strong>in</strong>g up of the implementati<strong>on</strong> system;<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the staff of the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> design<strong>in</strong>g and implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
of the Rural Development Programme and the Fishery Operati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Programme 2007 – 2013 and communicati<strong>on</strong> activities of the bodies<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>programme</strong>s;<br />
• Technical Assistance for the elaborati<strong>on</strong> of the software necessary for the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Rural Development and Fishery Funds<br />
• Tw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g to set-up adequate structures assur<strong>in</strong>g the absorpti<strong>on</strong> of EU Rural<br />
Development and Fishery funds after the Accessi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Also, through other <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>struments, the follow<strong>in</strong>g projects have<br />
been f<strong>in</strong>anced:<br />
• The IFAD - funded Rural Development Project for the Apuseni Mounta<strong>in</strong>s;<br />
• The “Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> and Reform<strong>in</strong>g of the Irrigati<strong>on</strong> Sector” project f<strong>in</strong>anced by<br />
the IBRD;<br />
• The “Moderniz<strong>in</strong>g the Agricultural Knowledge and Informati<strong>on</strong> Systems”<br />
(MAKIS) project funded by the World Bank.<br />
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Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />
In accordance with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of Article 8, secti<strong>on</strong> B of the Annex to the Multi-<br />
Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement between the Government of Romania and the<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> of the European Community (MAFA), signed <strong>on</strong> 2 nd of February 2001 <strong>in</strong><br />
Brussels (Agreement ratified by Law no. 316/2001 published <strong>in</strong> the Official Gazette<br />
(OG) no. 362/2001), Romania has the resp<strong>on</strong>sibility of elaborat<strong>in</strong>g and submitt<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>, with<strong>in</strong> six m<strong>on</strong>ths of the end of each full calendar year of<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong>, the Annual Report <strong>on</strong> SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> for the<br />
previous year.<br />
In this respect, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for SAPARD Programme (MA) <strong>in</strong> collaborati<strong>on</strong><br />
with the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong>, draws up the above<br />
menti<strong>on</strong>ed <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> and submits it for analysis and approval to the members of the<br />
M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee for SAPARD Programme, previous to its submissi<strong>on</strong> to the<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Up to date, Romania has drawn up five <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s <strong>on</strong> SAPARD Programme<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong>, the first <strong>on</strong>e cover<strong>in</strong>g the 1 st of August 2002 – the 31 st of December<br />
2003 implementati<strong>on</strong> period, the sec<strong>on</strong>d <strong>on</strong>e: 1 st of January 2004 –31 st of December<br />
2004, the third: 1 st of January 2005 – 31 st of December 2005, the fourth: 1 st of<br />
January 2006–31 st of December 2006 and the fifth: 1 st of January 2007 –31 st of<br />
December 2007.<br />
The Annual Report <strong>on</strong> SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> for 2007 was<br />
transmitted by the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority to the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee members, for<br />
analysis, <strong>on</strong> 5 th of June 2008 and was approved by them, <strong>in</strong> written procedure, <strong>on</strong><br />
16 th of June 2008. The Report has been submitted to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>, <strong>in</strong><br />
accordance with MAFA’s provisi<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>on</strong> the 20 th of June 2008.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the analysis performed by the Commissi<strong>on</strong>, the MA has received a series<br />
of suggesti<strong>on</strong>s and comments regard<strong>in</strong>g the text of the Report, through letter no.<br />
SV/fa D(2009)4569 of 14 th of April 2009. After complet<strong>in</strong>g and clarify<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s highlighted issues, the c<strong>on</strong>solidated versi<strong>on</strong> of the Annual Report<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the SAPARD Programme Implementati<strong>on</strong> for 2007, is to be sent to the<br />
European Commissi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The Annual Report <strong>on</strong> SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania for 2008<br />
covers the implementati<strong>on</strong> period s<strong>in</strong>ce 1 st of January 2008 until 31 st of December<br />
2008 and, <strong>in</strong> compliance with Article 8 (5), Secti<strong>on</strong> B of MAFA, <strong>in</strong>cludes <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>on</strong>:<br />
• the changes <strong>in</strong> general c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of relevance to the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
Programme, <strong>in</strong> particular, the ma<strong>in</strong> socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic trends, changes <strong>in</strong><br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al, regi<strong>on</strong>al or sector policies and, where applicable, their implicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
for the c<strong>on</strong>sistency between SAPARD assistance and that from other<br />
Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>struments;<br />
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• the progress <strong>in</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the priorities and the measures <strong>in</strong><br />
relati<strong>on</strong> to the atta<strong>in</strong>ment of the objectives of the Programme, their specific<br />
targets <strong>in</strong> the Programme, which allows for a quantificati<strong>on</strong> of the physical<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicators and <strong>in</strong>dicators of results and of impact, <strong>in</strong> the Programme;<br />
• the steps taken by the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority, the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural<br />
Development and Fishery (the former SAPARD Agency) and, where<br />
appropriate, by the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee to ensure the quality and the<br />
effectiveness of the implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• the steps taken to ensure the co-ord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the entire Community preaccessi<strong>on</strong><br />
assistance;<br />
• the f<strong>in</strong>ancial tables show<strong>in</strong>g the expenditure per measure and, where<br />
appropriate, per sub-measure.<br />
The Implementati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> Romania<br />
The Special pre-Accessi<strong>on</strong> Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development –<br />
SAPARD represents a f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of the European Community (EC),<br />
provided for <strong>in</strong> the Council Regulati<strong>on</strong> (EC) no. 1268/21 st of June 1999 <strong>on</strong><br />
Community support for pre-accessi<strong>on</strong> measures for agriculture and rural<br />
development <strong>in</strong> the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe <strong>in</strong> the preaccessi<strong>on</strong><br />
period.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Article 1(2) of Regulati<strong>on</strong> no. 1268/1999, the Community support for the<br />
2000 – 2006 period, aims to c<strong>on</strong>tribute to the achievement of the follow<strong>in</strong>g general<br />
objectives:<br />
a) the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the acquis communautaire c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the comm<strong>on</strong><br />
agricultural policy and related policies;<br />
b) solv<strong>in</strong>g the priority and specific problems for the susta<strong>in</strong>able adaptati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the agricultural sector and rural areas <strong>in</strong> the applicant countries.<br />
The purpose of SAPARD Programme is to lay dawn the necessary framework for the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of a perform<strong>in</strong>g agriculture and a susta<strong>in</strong>able development of the<br />
rural areas <strong>in</strong> the candidate countries. The SAPARD Programme promotes the<br />
undertak<strong>in</strong>g of the acquis communautaire and the progressive adaptability of the<br />
market mechanisms to the pr<strong>in</strong>ciples govern<strong>in</strong>g the Comm<strong>on</strong> Agricultural Policy.<br />
The SAPARD Programme grants to the candidate countries full resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the management of the <strong>in</strong>vestment projects, beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g with the selecti<strong>on</strong><br />
stage until the payment executi<strong>on</strong>, with the purpose of accumulat<strong>in</strong>g experience <strong>in</strong><br />
the implementati<strong>on</strong> of EU practices and rules, as well as <strong>in</strong> the appropriate<br />
management of the post-accessi<strong>on</strong> funds.<br />
On the basis of performance criteria for all the candidate countries (agricultural<br />
surface, populati<strong>on</strong> occupied <strong>in</strong> agriculture, gross domestic product, specific territorial<br />
situati<strong>on</strong>, less favoured areas), the Commissi<strong>on</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 595/EC/1999 lays down<br />
the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>dicative allocati<strong>on</strong>s granted to the applicant countries; thus the f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for Romania represents about 151 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro/year<br />
(prices/1999).<br />
In accordance with the Commissi<strong>on</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong> EC (2000) no. 3742 of 12 th of<br />
December 2000, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Plan for Agriculture and Rural Development (NPARD)<br />
is the basis of the SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania. NPARD was<br />
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drawn up by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture Forests and Rural Development (MAFRD) and<br />
classifies the Romanian priorities regard<strong>in</strong>g the susta<strong>in</strong>able development of rural<br />
areas <strong>in</strong> four axes:<br />
Priority 1: Improv<strong>in</strong>g the access to markets and the competitiveness of agricultural<br />
processed products;<br />
Priority 2: Improv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>frastructures for rural development and agriculture;<br />
Priority 3: Development of rural ec<strong>on</strong>omy;<br />
Priority 4: Development of human resources.<br />
In Romania, these priority axes are susta<strong>in</strong>ed through 11 measures (from a total of<br />
15 provided for <strong>in</strong> the Council Regulati<strong>on</strong> (EC) no. 1268/1999) c<strong>on</strong>sidered by the<br />
Romanian authorities as be<strong>in</strong>g relevant for rural development priorities, as follows:<br />
Measure 1.1: Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fishery products;<br />
Measure 1.2: Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant-health<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trols, for the quality of foodstuffs and c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>;<br />
Measure 2.1: Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure;<br />
Measure 2.2: Water resources management;<br />
Measure 3.1: Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs;<br />
Measure 3.2: Sett<strong>in</strong>g-up producers groups;<br />
Measure 3.3: Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the countryside;<br />
Measure 3.4: Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities, provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come;<br />
Measure 3.5: Forestry;<br />
Measure 4.1: Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g;<br />
Measure 4.2: Technical assistance.<br />
The implementati<strong>on</strong> of NPARD measures began gradually, start<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> the 31 st of July<br />
2002, when the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> adopted the Decisi<strong>on</strong> 2002/638/EC c<strong>on</strong>ferr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the management of SAPARD aid implement<strong>in</strong>g agencies for the first three measures,<br />
respectively, measure 1.1 “Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural<br />
and fisheries products”, measure 2.1 “Development and improvement of rural<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure” and measure 4.2 “Technical assistance”.<br />
On 5th of December 2003, the Commissi<strong>on</strong> adopted the Decisi<strong>on</strong> 2003/846/EC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ferr<strong>in</strong>g the management of SAPARD aid implement<strong>in</strong>g agencies for three more<br />
measures, respectively, measure 3.1 “Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs”, measure<br />
3.4 “Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities, provid<strong>in</strong>g for multiple<br />
activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come” and measure 4.1 “Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2006, the last 4 measures of NPARD 1 were accredited, respectively measure<br />
1.2 “Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trols, for the<br />
quality of foodstuffs and c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”, measure 3.2 “Sett<strong>in</strong>g-up producers<br />
1 After the c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> with the Community, the Romanian authorities have decided not to implement<br />
measure 2.2. MAFRD, submitted to complete the measure 2.1 “Development and improvement of rural<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure” with a new sub-measure “Infrastructure for the prevent<strong>in</strong>g and the protecti<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
floods”.<br />
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groups”, measure 3.3 “Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the countryside” and measure 3.5 „Forestry”, after the<br />
submissi<strong>on</strong> to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 30 th January 2006 of the f<strong>in</strong>al versi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the procedures manual for their implementati<strong>on</strong>. The European Commissi<strong>on</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong><br />
no. EC/298/2006 of c<strong>on</strong>ferr<strong>in</strong>g the assistance management for the above menti<strong>on</strong>ed<br />
measures was adopted <strong>on</strong> 20 th of April 2006.<br />
In order to def<strong>in</strong>e the rules and the management c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of the SAPARD<br />
Programme <strong>in</strong> Romania, the Government of Romania and the Commissi<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
European Communities signed, <strong>in</strong> Brussels, <strong>on</strong> 2 nd of February 2001, the SAPARD<br />
Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement (MAFA). This agreement was ratified by Law no.<br />
316/ 2001 (OG no. 362/05.07.2001).<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of MAFA, the Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>, as well as<br />
the validity period of this c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> is <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly established, <strong>in</strong> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
agreements.<br />
Up to the present, the Romanian Government and the Commissi<strong>on</strong> of the European<br />
Communities signed the Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreements (AFA) afferent to the years<br />
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 as follows:<br />
• AFA 2000 signed <strong>on</strong> 27 th of February 2001 and ratified by Law no. 317/2001<br />
(OG no. 338/26.06.2001) – provid<strong>in</strong>g for a Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
153,214,194 Euro;<br />
• AFA 2001 signed <strong>on</strong> 30 th of January 2002 and ratified by Law no. 416/2002<br />
(OG no. 508/15.07,2002) – provid<strong>in</strong>g for a Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
156,328,303 Euro;<br />
• AFA 2002 signed <strong>on</strong> 1 st of April 2003 and ratified by Government Emergency<br />
Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 26/2003 (OG no. 283/23.04.2003) – provid<strong>in</strong>g for a Community<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of 160,630,119 Euro;<br />
• AFA 2003 signed <strong>on</strong> 31 st of July 2003 and ratified by Law no. 496/2003 (OG<br />
no. 843/26.11.2003) – provid<strong>in</strong>g for a Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
162,223,385 Euro. This agreement was amended by AFA 2003/II signed <strong>on</strong><br />
24 th of December 2004 and ratified by Law no. 258/2005 (OG no.<br />
861/23.09.2005) – provid<strong>in</strong>g for an <strong>in</strong>crease of Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to 163,339,076 Euro.<br />
• AFA 2004 signed <strong>on</strong> 12 th of May 2005 and ratified by Law no. 265/2005 (OG<br />
no. 920/14.10.2005) – provid<strong>in</strong>g for a Community f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
157,640,000 Euro. AFA 2004 <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> MAFA the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of Council<br />
Regulati<strong>on</strong> no. 2008/2004 <strong>on</strong> the new limits for the rates of aid, establish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that, <strong>in</strong> respect of <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> projects except those <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure of a<br />
type not generat<strong>in</strong>g substantial net revenue, the public aid (cumulative) of<br />
granted from all sources cannot exceed 50% of total eligible cost. Provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the possibility of grant<strong>in</strong>g nati<strong>on</strong>al subsidies of a nature to facilitate<br />
access to credits granted without the benefit of any Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
which should not be taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the rate of public<br />
aid are also <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> MAFA. The other amendments brought to MAFA<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sist <strong>in</strong> the applicati<strong>on</strong> of the Commissi<strong>on</strong> manual entitled “Rules and<br />
Procedures for Service, Supply and Works C<strong>on</strong>tracts f<strong>in</strong>anced from the<br />
General Budget of the European Communities <strong>in</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>text of Cooperati<strong>on</strong><br />
with Third Countries” for all the public procurement procedures <strong>in</strong>itiated from<br />
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the entry <strong>in</strong>to force of the Agreement. The above menti<strong>on</strong>ed Agreement was<br />
amended by AFA 2004/II signed <strong>on</strong> 7 th of July 2005 and ratified by Law no.<br />
25/2006 (OG no. 205/06.03.2006) that provides for a <strong>in</strong>crement of the EC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for 2004, up to 158,690,000 Euro.<br />
• AFA 2005 signed <strong>on</strong> 29 th December 2005 at Bucharest and <strong>on</strong> 3 rd of January<br />
2006 at Brussels foresees a f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of 175,210,000 Euro. The<br />
amendments brought to MAFA c<strong>on</strong>sist <strong>in</strong> the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the f<strong>in</strong>ancial rules<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the public procurements, <strong>in</strong> compliance with the new F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Regulati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> force <strong>in</strong> the European Community, as well as <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
specific rules of reduc<strong>in</strong>g the community co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g for the cases where the<br />
<strong>in</strong>terval between receiv<strong>in</strong>g the support<strong>in</strong>g documents needed to make the<br />
payment and issu<strong>in</strong>g of the payment order exceeds three m<strong>on</strong>ths. AFA 2005<br />
provides, also, the compulsor<strong>in</strong>ess of us<strong>in</strong>g the account<strong>in</strong>g and f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g system which meets the <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>ally accepted account<strong>in</strong>g<br />
standards and <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>ally accepted audit<strong>in</strong>g standards.<br />
• The Romanian Government and the European Communities Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
signed <strong>on</strong> 31 st December 2006 at Bucharest and respectively at Brussels, the<br />
Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement 2006 (AFA 2006). The agreement was ratified by<br />
Law no. 66/2007 (OG no. 228/03.04.2007).<br />
AFA 2006 entered <strong>in</strong>to force <strong>on</strong> the 12 th of April 2007, when the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> received the official notificati<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the ratificati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
Agreement by Romania.<br />
The provisi<strong>on</strong>s comprised <strong>in</strong> AFA 2006 refer both to establish<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
commitment of the Community for Romania for 2006, as well as amend<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
MAFA and the Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreements for the years 2000-2005.<br />
Therefore, the maximal yearly c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> foreseen for Romania for 2006 is<br />
192,374,000 Euro.<br />
The agreement also foresees the extensi<strong>on</strong> of the validity term of the f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
commitments established through the Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreements 2003,<br />
2004 and 2005, namely until 31 st December 2007 for AFA 2003 and 2004 and,<br />
respectively, until 31 st December 2008 for AFA 2005.<br />
At the same time, AFA 2006 foresees a provisi<strong>on</strong> that is also <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> article<br />
3 of the Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreements 2000-2005 accord<strong>in</strong>g to which no<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tract that <strong>in</strong>volves Community funds for AFA 2000-2006 shall be c<strong>on</strong>cluded<br />
by PARDF with a beneficiary after the date Romania beg<strong>in</strong>s to c<strong>on</strong>clude<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts through EAFRD.<br />
AFA 2006 also foresees the amend<strong>in</strong>g of the Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Agreement, both by <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g new provisi<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g Secti<strong>on</strong> A, B and F<br />
of the Annex to the Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreement, and also by add<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
new Secti<strong>on</strong> H, that has as ma<strong>in</strong> purpose to establish rules regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Community external assistance.<br />
• The Romanian Government and the European Communities Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
signed <strong>on</strong> 4 th of December 2008 at Bucharest and respectively at Brussels, the<br />
Agreement between the Romanian Government and the European<br />
Communities Commissi<strong>on</strong>, <strong>on</strong> behalf of the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>, regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement 2006. The agreement<br />
was ratified by Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 213/2008 (Official<br />
Gazette no.842/ 15.12.2008) and approved by Law no. 82/2009 published <strong>in</strong><br />
the Official Gazette no. 230/08.04.2009.<br />
AFA 2006 / II came <strong>in</strong> force <strong>on</strong> 13 th of January 2009, date <strong>on</strong> which the<br />
European Commissi<strong>on</strong> sent the official notificati<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the fulfilment of<br />
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all the necessary formalities c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the ratify<strong>in</strong>g of the Agreement.<br />
The agreement also foresees the extensi<strong>on</strong> of the validity term of the<br />
Community’s f<strong>in</strong>ancial commitments up to 31 st of December 2009, thus<br />
allow<strong>in</strong>g to avoid the decommitment of the funds allocated to Romania under<br />
the SAPARD Programme for 2006.<br />
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Chapter I<br />
Changes <strong>in</strong> the general c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of Romania and their impact <strong>on</strong> the<br />
SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
I. 1 Instituti<strong>on</strong>al and political framework <strong>in</strong> Romania<br />
At the end of 2008, several changes occurred with<strong>in</strong> the public <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s. Thus,<br />
through Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 221/2008 regard<strong>in</strong>g the sett<strong>in</strong>g out of<br />
reorganizati<strong>on</strong> measures for the central public adm<strong>in</strong>istrati<strong>on</strong> (O.G no.<br />
882/24.12.2008) the structure and compositi<strong>on</strong> of the Romanian Government was<br />
modified.<br />
In this regard, at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of 2009, the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural<br />
Development was submitted to a re-organizati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>on</strong> the basis of Government<br />
Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 8/2009 <strong>on</strong> the organizati<strong>on</strong> and functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture,<br />
Forests and Rural Development, published <strong>in</strong> the O.G. no. 38/21.01.2009.<br />
I. 2 Structural characteristics of Romanian ec<strong>on</strong>omy and the macro-ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />
development<br />
Between 2002 and 2008, the Romanian ec<strong>on</strong>omy recorded a significant growth, as<br />
well as deflati<strong>on</strong> and an unemployment rate decrease (registered by the Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Agency for Employment), hence c<strong>on</strong>firm<strong>in</strong>g the progress made towards a susta<strong>in</strong>able<br />
ec<strong>on</strong>omic development.<br />
The country’s GDP has raised up to 503,958.7 milli<strong>on</strong> lei <strong>in</strong> 2008, from 412,761.5<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> lei <strong>in</strong> 2007. The <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> GDP growth rate was 7.1 percent <strong>in</strong> 2008 compared to<br />
6.2 percent with 2007.<br />
The share of the private sector with<strong>in</strong> the GDP recorded a setback <strong>in</strong> 2008,<br />
account<strong>in</strong>g for 70.8 percent of the total GDP, compared to 72.2 percent <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>in</strong>flati<strong>on</strong> rate marked an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> 2008, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g to 7.85 percent<br />
compared to 4.8 percent <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
The 2008 unemployment rate <strong>in</strong>creased from the previous year, reach<strong>in</strong>g, at the end<br />
of 2008 at 4.4 percent <strong>in</strong> comparis<strong>on</strong> with 4.1 percent registered <strong>in</strong> 2007. Dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2002-2007 a decrease <strong>in</strong> the unemployment rate has been observed, as recorded by<br />
labour placement agencies.<br />
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In the third quarter, <strong>in</strong> nom<strong>in</strong>al terms, total household <strong>in</strong>come 2 was m<strong>on</strong>thly 743.19<br />
lei/pers<strong>on</strong>, up with 165.48 lei compared to 2007. The <strong>in</strong>come by farm<strong>in</strong>g household<br />
<strong>in</strong>creased with 109.89 lei <strong>in</strong> comparis<strong>on</strong> with 2007.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> macro-ec<strong>on</strong>omic <strong>in</strong>dicators corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to the 2002 – 2008 period are<br />
presented <strong>in</strong> Table I.1.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> macro-ec<strong>on</strong>omic <strong>in</strong>dicators for 2002 – 2008<br />
Table I. 1<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al accounts<br />
Indicators<br />
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1) 2008 2)<br />
GDP– milli<strong>on</strong> lei;<br />
current prices<br />
152,017.0 197,427.6 247,368.0 288,954.6 344,650.6 412,761.5 503,958.7<br />
GDP/<strong>in</strong>habitant (lei) 6,974.9 9,084.0 11,413.5 13,362.8 15.967,6 19.164,7 23.435,1<br />
Private sector share<br />
with<strong>in</strong> GDP (%)<br />
69.4 67.7 71.5 70.1 71,6 72,2 70,8<br />
Annual GDP growth<br />
rate (previous year<br />
5.1 5.2 8,5 4.2 7,9 6,2 7,1<br />
=100) %<br />
Annual average<br />
<strong>in</strong>flati<strong>on</strong> rate (%)<br />
22.5 15.3 11.9 9.0 6,6 4,8 7,85<br />
Labour force<br />
Unemployment rate 5),<br />
December 31, %<br />
8.4 7.4 6.3 5.9 5,2 4,1 4,4<br />
M<strong>on</strong>thly average <strong>in</strong>come per capita (lei)<br />
Total 228.77 283.91 368.03 412.55 473.29 577.71 743.19 3)<br />
Rural 194.54 246.02 326.2 339.73 375.75 465.71 596.18 3)<br />
Farmer households<br />
Gross value added share with<strong>in</strong> GDP dur<strong>in</strong>g 2002-2008<br />
155.82 200.46 286.89 293.77 307.36 382.38 492.27 3)<br />
Indicators 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1) 2008 2)<br />
Industry 27.0 24.7 24.9 24.8 24.5 23.9 22.9<br />
Agriculture, forestry,<br />
game ec<strong>on</strong>omics<br />
11.4 11.6 12.6 8.4 7.8 5.7 6.5<br />
C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
5.7 5.7 5.9 6.5 7.4 8.9 10.5<br />
4)<br />
Services<br />
46.0 47.0 45.9 48.6 48.6 50.2 49.5<br />
Source: Nati<strong>on</strong>al Statistics Institute of Romania<br />
1) Semi-f<strong>in</strong>al data<br />
2) Provisi<strong>on</strong>al data<br />
3) Data referred to third quarter 2008<br />
4)<br />
Includes: trade; transports; postal services and telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>; tourism; hotels and restaurants; public<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istrati<strong>on</strong> and defence; educati<strong>on</strong>; health care and social welfare; as well as other services provided to<br />
companies and populati<strong>on</strong><br />
5)<br />
Source: Nati<strong>on</strong>al Agency for Employment.<br />
In 2008, the private sector share <strong>in</strong> agriculture, forestry, forestry exploitati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
game ec<strong>on</strong>omy reached 94.2 percent of the sector’s overall gross added value.<br />
2 Includes revenues from salaries, agriculture, <strong>in</strong>dependent n<strong>on</strong>-agricultural activities, social services, ownership,<br />
sale of household assets, and other f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>come, as well as <strong>in</strong>come <strong>in</strong> k<strong>in</strong>d (equivalent <strong>in</strong> lei);<br />
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In the agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> sector, compared to the previous year, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2002-<br />
2007, were recorded <strong>in</strong>creases <strong>in</strong> 2003 (up 7.5 percent), 2004 (up 18.1 percent),<br />
2006 (up 2.4 percent), as well as <strong>in</strong> the year 2008 (up to 21.7 percent).<br />
In 2008, the livestock producti<strong>on</strong> decreased by 5.2% while the vegetal producti<strong>on</strong><br />
recorded an <strong>in</strong>crease by 39.6% <strong>in</strong> comparis<strong>on</strong> with the previous year.<br />
Table I.2 presents the ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the evoluti<strong>on</strong> of agriculture <strong>in</strong><br />
2002-2008.<br />
Agriculture and rural development: basic data (2002-2008)<br />
Table I. 2<br />
Indicators<br />
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2)<br />
The share of private sector<br />
agriculture, forestry,<br />
forestry exploitati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
game ec<strong>on</strong>omy <strong>in</strong> the gross<br />
98.3 98.0 97.7 96.9 96.7 94.1 1) 94.2 2 )<br />
Added Value of the Branch<br />
(%)<br />
Agricultural branch producti<strong>on</strong> - milli<strong>on</strong> lei; current prices<br />
Total 31,585 40,412 55,314 46,540 50,650 47,700 67,389<br />
- Crops 18,084 25,919 38,097 27,959 31,327 28,723 45,626<br />
- Livestock 13,139 14,118 16,825 18,186 18,849 18,292 21,056<br />
- Agricultural services 362 375 392 395 474 685 707<br />
Agricultural branch producti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>dices (previous year = 100) – %<br />
Total 96.5 107.5 118.1 86.9 102.4 82.3 121.7<br />
- Crops 88.7 110.0 126.8 82.5 102.2 71.3 139.6<br />
- Livestock 110.2 104.6 102.9 96.9 102.4 99.4 94.8<br />
- Agricultural services 91.1 84.7 86.4 86.0 107.0 132.5 91.9<br />
Livestock numbers – thousand head 3)<br />
Cattle – total 2,877.8 2,897.1 2,808.1 2,861.7 2,933.5 2.818,9 2.698,7<br />
- cows, heifers and<br />
buffaloes<br />
1,759.3 1,756.7 1,755.5 1,812.0 1,809.8 1.732,2 1.519,7<br />
Sw<strong>in</strong>e – total 5,058.2 5,145.5 6,494.7 6,622.3 6,814.6 6.564,9 6.149,2<br />
- breed<strong>in</strong>g sows 361.6 334.8 425.7 494.5 520.4 442,4 397,8<br />
Sheep and goats – total 7,945.4 8,124.9 8,086.0 8,297.7 8,405.6 9.334,3 10.497,2<br />
Equ<strong>in</strong>es – total 879.4 896.9 839.6 834.0 804.8 862,4 810,4<br />
Poultry – total 77,378.9 76,616.3 87,014.4 86,552.2 84,990.6 82.035,6 84.568,0<br />
Layer hens 44,666.5 44,121.8 51,888.9 49,724.5 50.278,2 45.207,9 40.766,0<br />
Bee families – thousand 781.2 840.0 888.2 888.2 891,0 982,4 1.003,5<br />
Source: Nati<strong>on</strong>al Statistics Institute of Romania<br />
1 ) Semi-f<strong>in</strong>al data<br />
2) Provisi<strong>on</strong>al data<br />
3)<br />
Livestock numbers as of December 1, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and December 31, 2002 - 2003.<br />
I. 3 Demographic developments and populati<strong>on</strong> characteristics <strong>in</strong> Romania<br />
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As of July 1 st 2008, Romania’s populati<strong>on</strong> totalled 21.50 milli<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>habitants, its rural<br />
populati<strong>on</strong> account<strong>in</strong>g for 44.9 percent of the total.<br />
A negative birth growth rate comb<strong>in</strong>ed with external migrati<strong>on</strong> led to a c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> Romania’s populati<strong>on</strong> (down 33.121 thousand <strong>in</strong>habitants <strong>in</strong> July 1 st 2007 -<br />
July 1 st 2008). In 2008, the drop was triggered also by the populati<strong>on</strong> decl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> the<br />
urban area (down 42.331 thousand <strong>in</strong>habitants compared to 2007). In 2008, the rural<br />
populati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>creased by 9.21 thousand <strong>in</strong>habitants compared to the previous year.<br />
The age structure of the populati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the slow, but steady, trend of<br />
demographic ag<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued, with higher numbers <strong>in</strong> rural areas. In the rural area,<br />
the female populati<strong>on</strong> is older than the male <strong>on</strong>e. The average populati<strong>on</strong> age –<br />
higher am<strong>on</strong>g the female <strong>on</strong>e – has risen <strong>in</strong> both areas compared with 2007 (Table<br />
I.3).<br />
Table I. 3<br />
Populati<strong>on</strong> &<br />
Populati<strong>on</strong> -1 st of July 1) (number)<br />
density 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008<br />
Romania 21,733,556 21,673,328 21,623,849 21,584,365 21,537,563 21,504,442<br />
Rural<br />
(absolute 10,133.399 9,777,730 9,743,952 9,670,427 9,659,904 9,669,114<br />
numbers)<br />
- % 46.6 45.1 45.1 44.8 44.8 44.9<br />
Density<br />
(<strong>in</strong>h./Km 2 ) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008<br />
Romania 91.2 90.9 90.7 90.5 90.3 90.4<br />
Rural<br />
(absolute<br />
numbers)<br />
47.7 47.1 47.0 46.6 46.5 46.6<br />
1) Data were calculated based <strong>on</strong> the Populati<strong>on</strong> and Homes Census compiled <strong>on</strong> March 18, 2002.<br />
Populati<strong>on</strong><br />
structure by<br />
age<br />
Romania<br />
0-14 15-64<br />
65 and<br />
over<br />
Of which: rural<br />
0-14 15-64 65 and over<br />
2003 16.7 69.0 14.3 18.7 63.0 18.3<br />
2004 16.1 69.4 14.5 18.3 63.2 18.5<br />
2005 15.6 69.6 14.8 17.8 63.4 18.8<br />
2006 15.4 69.8 14.8 17.7 63.6 18.7<br />
2007 15.3 69.9 14.8 17.4 63.9 18.7<br />
2008 15.2 69.9 14.9 17.4 64.0 18.6<br />
Average age<br />
2003 2004 2005<br />
of populati<strong>on</strong> Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female<br />
Romania 38.1 36.7 39.4 38.3 36.9 39.7 38.6 37.1 39.9<br />
Rural 39.0 37.4 40.7 39.3 37.6 40.9 39.4 37.7 41.0<br />
Average age<br />
2006 2007 2008<br />
of populati<strong>on</strong> Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female<br />
Romania 38.8 37.3 40.1 39.0 37.6 40.4 39.2 37.8 40.7<br />
Rural 39.6 37.9 41.2 39.8 38.1 41.4 39.9 38.3 41.6<br />
Source: Nati<strong>on</strong>al Statistics Institute of Romania<br />
Educati<strong>on</strong> wise, <strong>in</strong> the third quarter of the year 2008, 62.4 percent of the populati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
15 and over has at least high-school educati<strong>on</strong> (52.7 percent high-school, and<br />
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9.7 percent higher educati<strong>on</strong> graduates), while 37.7 percent of the populati<strong>on</strong> of 15<br />
and over presents a low educati<strong>on</strong> level.<br />
There are differences between the urban and the rural populati<strong>on</strong> structures <strong>in</strong> terms<br />
of their level of educati<strong>on</strong>. Thus a larger c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> of the 15+ populati<strong>on</strong> with<br />
higher educati<strong>on</strong> is found <strong>in</strong> the urban area (with 76.9 percent of people be<strong>in</strong>g highschool<br />
or upper educati<strong>on</strong> graduates), while <strong>in</strong> the rural area, the low-educati<strong>on</strong><br />
populati<strong>on</strong> prevails (about 55.8 percent have graduated the elementary or sec<strong>on</strong>dary<br />
school or have no educati<strong>on</strong> at all). The most significant gap is found am<strong>on</strong>g higher<br />
educati<strong>on</strong> graduates, whose share is seven times higher <strong>in</strong> the urban area.<br />
I. 4 The Romanian agricultural and rural development policy<br />
Start<strong>in</strong>g with the 1 st of January 2007, the date of Romania’s accessi<strong>on</strong> to the<br />
European Uni<strong>on</strong>, the ma<strong>in</strong> objective of Romanian has been the c<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
progresses and reforms carried out <strong>in</strong> order to <strong>in</strong>sure a successful <strong>in</strong>tegrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Community structures.<br />
Thus, for the rural development sector, Romania will c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ue the implementati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the SAPARD Programme but, at the same time, <strong>in</strong>itiated the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
new nati<strong>on</strong>al rural development <strong>programme</strong> which benefits from a Community<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of approximately 8 billi<strong>on</strong> Euro from the European Agricultural<br />
Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).<br />
As regards the forms of direct support, <strong>in</strong> 2008 they were set out for agricultural<br />
producers as premiums and subventi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> order to qualitatively and quantitatively<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease the agricultural producti<strong>on</strong>. The implementati<strong>on</strong> system, specific c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and eligibility criteria were also set out for the direct payment schemes and<br />
complementary nati<strong>on</strong>al direct payments <strong>in</strong> the vegetable system, as well as the<br />
amount of the s<strong>in</strong>gle area payments, complementary nati<strong>on</strong>al direct payments,<br />
energy crops payments and of the separate sugar payments which are granted <strong>in</strong><br />
agriculture for the vegetable sector.<br />
Thus, SAPS support has been granted for the crops planted <strong>on</strong> SAPS eligible, arable<br />
terra<strong>in</strong>: cereals (comm<strong>on</strong> wheat, hard wheat, rye, barley, oat, corn, sorghum, rice,<br />
triticals, sweet corn and other cereals), prote<strong>in</strong> crops (peas, field beans, sweet lup<strong>in</strong>e<br />
and lentil), <strong>in</strong>dustrial plants (sunflower, rape, c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al Soya, flax and hemp,<br />
tobacco, flax for oil, medic<strong>in</strong>al plants and other <strong>in</strong>dustrial plants), root crops (fodder<br />
beet, sugar beet), potatoes, fresh vegetables, strawberries, mel<strong>on</strong>s, flowers and<br />
ornamental plants, fodder plants, seed-bear<strong>in</strong>g lots, other arable land crops, natural<br />
pastures, hayfields, permanent crops (trees, v<strong>in</strong>eyards), n<strong>on</strong> cultivated land.<br />
Decoupled nati<strong>on</strong>al complementary payments were granted for the follow<strong>in</strong>g crops:<br />
wheat and rye, barley, oat, corn and sorghum, rice, sunflower, rape, c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Soya, sugar beet, vegetables for beans, potatoes, medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plants,<br />
field and solarium vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, other arable crops while the<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> decoupled payments for flax and hemp for fibber, hops and tobacco.<br />
The support for sugar beet dest<strong>in</strong>ed for sugar producti<strong>on</strong> and for the energy crops<br />
dest<strong>in</strong>ed for bio-fuel producti<strong>on</strong> has been ensured through separate payment<br />
schemes.<br />
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Hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> regard the necessity to restart the producti<strong>on</strong> cycle while apply<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
technology specific to each agricultural crop and the lack of f<strong>in</strong>ancial resources of the<br />
agricultural producers a f<strong>in</strong>ancial support of 1 leu/liter for purchas<strong>in</strong>g the gasol<strong>in</strong>e<br />
necessary for sett<strong>in</strong>g up the 2008 crops. Also <strong>in</strong> this c<strong>on</strong>text, <strong>in</strong> order to reduce the<br />
tax for the gasol<strong>in</strong>e used for agricultural mechanized works, follow<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>itiated by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development<br />
with the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ances, for the gasol<strong>in</strong>e purchased for agricultural use<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the August-December 2008 period <strong>in</strong> order to carry out the agricultural<br />
mechanized works for 2008 a reduced tax was applied of 80.971 euro/1000 litters,<br />
respectively 0.27 lei/litter.<br />
For sett<strong>in</strong>g up the 2008 autumn crops a de m<strong>in</strong>imis aid was granted for approximately<br />
1.4 milli<strong>on</strong> ha.<br />
The commodity producti<strong>on</strong> was supported sugar beet, rice, fibber flax and hemp and<br />
Soya crops, while for the primary process<strong>in</strong>g of fibber flax and hemp stems<br />
Community support was granted for the 2008-2009 market year.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the meteorological phenomena for the period July – August 2008,<br />
registered <strong>in</strong> some geographical areas, the agricultural natural calamity state was<br />
declared for the crops seeded <strong>in</strong> autumn 2007 and spr<strong>in</strong>g 2008, and the maximum<br />
ceil<strong>in</strong>g which can be granted as damage was established.<br />
As regards the fruits and vegetables sector, the support was directed towards the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the EUREPGAP Good Practices System, vegetables and<br />
mushrooms <strong>in</strong> acclimatized areas, fruits and vegetables dest<strong>in</strong>ed for <strong>in</strong>dustrial<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g, packages and other materials necessary for wrapp<strong>in</strong>g fruits and<br />
vegetables for fresh delivery, expenditure for the stor<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural products.<br />
For the producers from the fruits and vegetables and ecological agriculture sector,<br />
de m<strong>in</strong>imis aid was granted.<br />
Also, the legal framework was elaborated for grant<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support to the<br />
prelim<strong>in</strong>ary recognised producer groups and the producers’ organizati<strong>on</strong>s from the<br />
fruits and vegetable sector.<br />
For w<strong>in</strong>egrowers, amounts were allocated for the authorizati<strong>on</strong> of v<strong>in</strong>eyard<br />
plantati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> order to produce w<strong>in</strong>e grapes with a c<strong>on</strong>trolled orig<strong>in</strong>, certify and mark<br />
w<strong>in</strong>es with a name of c<strong>on</strong>trolled orig<strong>in</strong>, plant-health treatments <strong>in</strong> the v<strong>in</strong>eyard<br />
plantati<strong>on</strong>s with noble grapes for c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> and w<strong>in</strong>e, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g w<strong>in</strong>e with a<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trolled orig<strong>in</strong>.<br />
Also, for the v<strong>in</strong>eyard sector, the legal framework was established for grant<strong>in</strong>g<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial support from Community funds for promot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> third markets, restructur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and rec<strong>on</strong>vert<strong>in</strong>g v<strong>in</strong>eyards, ensur<strong>in</strong>g the crops, us<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>centrated grape must,<br />
first deforestati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The producers of potatoes for <strong>in</strong>dustrial purposes, hops, aromatic and medic<strong>in</strong>al<br />
plants, flowers, dendrological and ornamental plats also benefited from support.<br />
The species and the value of the f<strong>in</strong>ancial support were set out for the <strong>in</strong>ternal<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> of seeds and plant<strong>in</strong>g material , officially certified, dest<strong>in</strong>ed for seed<strong>in</strong>g<br />
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or plant<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the agricultural campaigns from the fall of 2008 and spr<strong>in</strong>g of 2009.<br />
The plant-health treatments of nati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>in</strong>terest were supported for straw cereal<br />
crops, potatoes, v<strong>in</strong>eyard, orchards and alignments.<br />
In the zoo-technical sector complementary nati<strong>on</strong>al direct payments were granted for<br />
cattle, sheep and goats.<br />
The animal raisers which fulfilled certa<strong>in</strong> c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s received form state budget a<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial support for the purchase of reproducti<strong>on</strong> rams and/or male goats of 60% of<br />
the purchase price (but not more than 1000 lei) for each specimen.<br />
The improvement of the animal populati<strong>on</strong>s was supported (through the genealogic<br />
registers for cattle and sheep, carry<strong>in</strong>g out official c<strong>on</strong>trols for the producti<strong>on</strong><br />
performances for sheep and goats, <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g, at farm level, the techniques, biotechniques<br />
and modern reproducti<strong>on</strong> practices for the animal species, respectively<br />
the purchase of c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ers for stor<strong>in</strong>g frozen sem<strong>in</strong>al material, support<strong>in</strong>g the test<strong>in</strong>g<br />
costs for reproductive males, carry<strong>in</strong>g out the analysis of the animal product quality<br />
for the genetic evaluati<strong>on</strong> of animals, elaborat<strong>in</strong>g and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>formatic<br />
system, sett<strong>in</strong>g up the data bases and estimat<strong>in</strong>g the improvement value of animals)<br />
as well as the improvement of the quality of animal products (by f<strong>in</strong>ancially support<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the carcasses classificati<strong>on</strong> system, support<strong>in</strong>g the producti<strong>on</strong><br />
of meat and eggs for c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>, of compliant delivered milk and of bee families)<br />
The beekeepers have been supported <strong>in</strong> order to purchase medicati<strong>on</strong> for combat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the varooza disease and repopulate the beehives by purchas<strong>in</strong>g queen bees from the<br />
<strong>in</strong>digenous breed.<br />
The silk worm breeders have received Community support for each used box of silk<br />
worm eggs (at least 20,000 eggs).<br />
C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> and use <strong>programme</strong>s have been f<strong>in</strong>anced for animal populati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
critical status, <strong>in</strong> danger of disappear<strong>in</strong>g or vulnerable, by species and races and the<br />
genetic patrim<strong>on</strong>y of horses has been supported.<br />
Damages have been granted for the elim<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of transmissible diseases centres<br />
and the expenditure for neutraliz<strong>in</strong>g the animal waste has been supported.<br />
The agricultural associati<strong>on</strong>s set up accord<strong>in</strong>g G.D. no. 26/2000 have been<br />
supported <strong>in</strong> order to attend the organizati<strong>on</strong>s set up at the European Uni<strong>on</strong> by fully<br />
cover<strong>in</strong>g the necessary subscripti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
On the basis of Law no. 150/2004 regard<strong>in</strong>g the producti<strong>on</strong> credit the grants for the<br />
2008 producti<strong>on</strong> credits have been set out, thus provid<strong>in</strong>g public funds totall<strong>in</strong>g 50<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> lei. The c<strong>on</strong>tracted agricultural credits for 2008 benefited from an average<br />
public fund c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of 17% from the total volume of awarded credits, c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>creased to 30% for the crops set up <strong>in</strong> fall 2008.<br />
For the Programme for <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the competitiveness of agri-food products, <strong>in</strong> 2008,<br />
120 projects have been approved and the amount of 21 mil. lei has been allocated.<br />
In the field of agricultural research 64 projects have been submitted with<strong>in</strong> the sector<br />
research plan, <strong>in</strong>vestments have been supported and 33 grants have been<br />
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signed through the Competitive grant scheme.<br />
Legal framework<br />
For harm<strong>on</strong>iz<strong>in</strong>g the nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong> with the Community <strong>on</strong>e, as regards<br />
agriculture and rural development, <strong>in</strong> the 1 st of January – 31 st of December 2008, a<br />
series of normative papers have been elaborated and adopted, the most important<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
• Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 213/2008 for the ratificati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Commissi<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
European Communities, signed <strong>in</strong> Bucharest and, respectively, Brussels <strong>on</strong><br />
December 4 th 2008, for the amendment of the 2006 Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Commissi<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
European Communities, <strong>on</strong> behalf of the European Community, signed <strong>in</strong><br />
Bucharest and, respectively, Brussels <strong>on</strong> the 31 st of October 2006 (O.J. no.<br />
842 from 15.12.2008);<br />
• Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 65/2008 for the amendment and<br />
completi<strong>on</strong> of Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 13/2006 regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g up, organizati<strong>on</strong> and functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural<br />
Development and Fishery, by reorganiz<strong>in</strong>g the SAPARD Agency and<br />
establish<strong>in</strong>g several measures for <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the efficiency of activity of the<br />
Pay<strong>in</strong>g and Interventi<strong>on</strong> Agency for Agriculture (O.J. no. 418 from<br />
04.06.2008);<br />
• Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 104/2008 for the amendment of art. 5<br />
of G.E.O no. 59/2006 <strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>sur<strong>in</strong>g from state budget the public n<strong>on</strong>-refundable<br />
co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g funds for the SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong>vestment projects (O.J. no.<br />
658/18.09.2008);<br />
• Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 688/2008 <strong>on</strong> the amendment of Government<br />
Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 876/2005 for the approval of the methodological norms for<br />
apply<strong>in</strong>g Law no. 218/2005 <strong>on</strong> the stimulati<strong>on</strong> of the absorpti<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
SAPARD funds by undertak<strong>in</strong>g the risk by the guarantee funds (O.J. no.<br />
493/02.07.2008);<br />
• Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 20/2008 <strong>on</strong> the amendment and completi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 79/2003 regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol and recovery of<br />
Community funds, as well as of corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g funds, improperly<br />
used (O.J. no. 613/20.08.2008).<br />
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Chapter II<br />
Assessment of the progress regard<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the priorities,<br />
measures and sub-measures of the SAPARD Programme<br />
II. 1 General Framework<br />
Thus, for the 10 measures accredited under SAPARD Programme, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects was c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued by execut<strong>in</strong>g a number of<br />
1898 payment <strong>in</strong>stallments to the beneficiaries of the SAPARD Programme reach<strong>in</strong>g<br />
a total value of 254.030 milli<strong>on</strong> euro.<br />
At the end of 2008, the total value of the f<strong>in</strong>ancial commitments under SAPARD<br />
Programme was of 1,400.512 milli<strong>on</strong> euro, result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a coverage degree of 100% of<br />
AFA for 2000 – 2005 and of 50.65% for AFA 2006. As regards the c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> rate<br />
of the allocated funds, at the end of 2008, the total value of the payments executed to<br />
the beneficiaries of the SAPARD Programme was of 1,278.744 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro,<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g a c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> rate of 100% of AFA for 2000 – 2005 and of 0.94% for<br />
AFA 2006 (Table II.1).<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
Allocated Amount<br />
(milli<strong>on</strong> euro)<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
Absorbed<br />
Table II.1<br />
Deadl<strong>in</strong>e for the<br />
absorpti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
funds<br />
AFA 2000 204.235 100% 100% Absorbed<br />
AFA 2001 208.420 100% 100% Absorbed<br />
AFA 2002 214.164 100% 100% Absorbed<br />
AFA 2003 217.776 100% 100 % Absorbed<br />
AFA 2004 211.578 100% 100 % Absorbed<br />
AFA 2005 220.264 100% 100 % Absorbed<br />
AFA 2006 245.013<br />
Total<br />
* AFA 2006 = n+3<br />
1,521.450 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
euro<br />
124.076 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
euro<br />
50.64%<br />
1,400.512<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> euro<br />
92.05%<br />
2.31 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
euro<br />
0.94%<br />
1,278.744<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> euro<br />
84.05%<br />
December 2009*<br />
Note: The quantum of allocati<strong>on</strong>s reflects the public value – EC c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> and nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
On the whole <strong>programme</strong>, the total committed amount (1,400.512 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
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Euro), resulted <strong>in</strong> a degree of absorpti<strong>on</strong> of 92.05% at the end of 2008, as compared<br />
to the 2000-2006 allocati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Divided <strong>on</strong> measures, the situati<strong>on</strong> of the commitments with<strong>in</strong> SAPARD Programme<br />
is as follows (Table II.2):<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 1.1, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value related to the c<strong>on</strong>tracts<br />
was of 351.458 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 25.09 % from the total committed<br />
amount of SAPARD Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 1.2, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 36.104 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g 2.58% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 2.1, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 633.129 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g 45.21% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 3.1, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 238.506 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g 17.03% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 3.2, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 0.086 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.01% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 3.3, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 0.217 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.02% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 3.4, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 70.060 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g 5.00% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 3.5, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 66.677 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g 4.76% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 4.1, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 2.901 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.21% from the total committed amount of SAPARD<br />
Programme.<br />
- <strong>on</strong> measure 4.2, the total c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value was of 1.374 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.10% of the total committed amount of SAPARD Programme.<br />
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MEASURE<br />
No. of projects<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted by<br />
31 st December<br />
2007<br />
2007 2008<br />
Committed<br />
amounts by<br />
31 st December<br />
2007<br />
(milli<strong>on</strong> euro)<br />
No. of projects<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted by<br />
31 st December<br />
2008<br />
Table II.2<br />
Committed<br />
amounts by<br />
31 st December<br />
2008<br />
(milli<strong>on</strong> euro)<br />
Measure 1.1 485 370.878 469 351.458<br />
Measure 1.2 20 37.613 20 36.104<br />
Measure 2.1 850 658.621 845 633.129<br />
Measure 3.1 2,018 251.088 1,952 238.506<br />
Measure 3.2* 4 0.187 4 0.086<br />
Measure 3.3* 47 0.869 47 0.217<br />
Measure 3.4 1,148 76.544 1,083 70.060<br />
Measure 3.5 117 74.263 114 66.677<br />
Measure 4.1 5 3.649 5 2.901<br />
Measure 4.2 10 1.537 10 1.374<br />
TOTAL 4,704 1,475.249 4,549 1,400.512<br />
* As regards Measures 3.2 and 3.3, the c<strong>on</strong>tracted values are lower than the <strong>on</strong>es previously <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed due to the<br />
fact that the previous <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s c<strong>on</strong>sidered as c<strong>on</strong>tracted the amount related to the entire implementati<strong>on</strong> period<br />
(2007 – 2011). Tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account that <strong>in</strong> the records kept by the Payment Account<strong>in</strong>g Unit and the C<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Unit are c<strong>on</strong>sidered as committed <strong>on</strong>ly the amounts related to 2007 and 2008, the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g, Evaluati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
Report<strong>in</strong>g Unit (MERU) adopted the same l<strong>in</strong>e of keep<strong>in</strong>g records. MERU’s records shall be updated when the<br />
addenda related to each year are signed.<br />
As regards the payments executed to beneficiaries, the total amount registered at the<br />
end of 2008 (1,278.744 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro) is reflected by an absorpti<strong>on</strong> degree of 84.05%<br />
as compared to the 2000-2006 allocati<strong>on</strong>s. The situati<strong>on</strong> divided <strong>on</strong> measures is the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g (Table II.3):<br />
• 340.683 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 1.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 26.64% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 17.853 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 1.2, represent<strong>in</strong>g 1.40% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 578.747 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 2.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 45.26% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 229.412 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 17.94% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• In 2008 the payments for measure 3.2 started. The payments executed<br />
were <strong>in</strong> value of 0.029 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.002% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 0.187 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.3, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.01% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 64.832 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.4, represent<strong>in</strong>g 5.07% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
• 42.548 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 3.5, represent<strong>in</strong>g 3.33% of the total<br />
amount of the executed payments;<br />
• 3.028 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 4.1, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.24% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments;<br />
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• 1.424 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for measure 4.2, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.11% of the total amount<br />
of the executed payments.<br />
MEASURE<br />
No. of<br />
payments by<br />
31 st December<br />
2007<br />
2007 2008<br />
Payments<br />
amount by 31 st<br />
December 2007<br />
(milli<strong>on</strong> euro)<br />
No. of<br />
payments by<br />
31 st December<br />
2008<br />
Table II.3<br />
Payments<br />
amount by 31 st<br />
December 2008<br />
(milli<strong>on</strong> euro)<br />
Measure 1.1 1,330 284.622 1,594 340.683<br />
Measure 1.2 6 1.346 41 17.853<br />
Measure 2.1 2,490 479.316 3,043 578.747<br />
Measure 3.1 2,837 198.658 3,169 229.412<br />
Measure 3.2 0 0 3 0.029<br />
Measure 3.3 47 0.182 48 0.187<br />
Measure 3.4 1,941 50.558 2,448 64.832<br />
Measure 3.5 66 6.8169 261 42.548<br />
Measure 4.1** 8 1.800 15 3.028<br />
Measure 4.2** 21 1.408 22 1.424<br />
TOTAL 8,746 1,024.714 10,644 1,278.744<br />
** As regards Measures 4.1 and 4.2, the value of the payments <strong>in</strong> lei is equal to the value of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts signed <strong>in</strong> lei. The difference occurs due to the fact that different ex-change rates were used<br />
<strong>in</strong> order to express the amount of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts and payments <strong>in</strong> euros. For the same reas<strong>on</strong> there are<br />
differences between the total paid values expressed <strong>in</strong> euros and the values of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts<br />
expressed <strong>in</strong> euros.<br />
II. 2 Analysis of the progress recorded <strong>in</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD<br />
Programme<br />
II. 2.1 Measure 1.1 „Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural<br />
and fisheries products” – projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 48 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held dur<strong>in</strong>g August 2002 - July 2006, 736 projects were<br />
submitted out of which 466 were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value<br />
of 1,248,222.502 thousand LEI, respectively 345.143 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Approximately 43% of the projects approved under this measure c<strong>on</strong>cerns meat,<br />
meat products and eggs sector focuss<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly <strong>on</strong> the improvement of the<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g standards for the mixed units (141 approved projects), for abattoirs (54<br />
approved projects), for sw<strong>in</strong>e units (2 approved project), for poultry process<strong>in</strong>g units<br />
(4 approved projects), and for the improvement of the c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s for eggs stor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and packag<strong>in</strong>g (1 approved project).<br />
Milk and dairy products sector holds 20% out of all the approved projects under<br />
Measure 1.1, ma<strong>in</strong>ly envisag<strong>in</strong>g units for milk process<strong>in</strong>g for which 89 projects<br />
were approved. The diagram below (Diagram II.1) presents the stage of the<br />
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submitted, approved and rejected projects under Measure 1.1 <strong>in</strong> the related period<br />
and accord<strong>in</strong>g to the related sector: milk and dairy products (1), meat, meat<br />
products and eggs (2), fruits, vegetables and potatoes (3), w<strong>in</strong>e (4), fishery (5),<br />
cereals (6), oil seeds (7).<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1<br />
Diagram II. 1<br />
350<br />
300<br />
305<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
250<br />
Number of Projects<br />
200<br />
150<br />
174<br />
202<br />
100<br />
92<br />
95<br />
70<br />
65<br />
64<br />
50<br />
41 45<br />
0<br />
11<br />
Milk and milk<br />
products<br />
21<br />
Meat products and<br />
eggs<br />
2 5<br />
Fruits, vegetables<br />
and potatoes<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e<br />
22<br />
18<br />
0 1 0<br />
Fish and fishery<br />
products<br />
1<br />
6<br />
4 0 3 0 0 0<br />
Textile Plants Cereals Oil seads Sugar<br />
Sub-measure<br />
In terms of the project objective, the approved projects have as ma<strong>in</strong> objective the<br />
improvement or the rati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> of the process<strong>in</strong>g (approx. 45%) and the<br />
achievement of new <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g, stor<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g capacities<br />
(approx 36%). The rest of 19% projects approved under Measure 1.1 have as<br />
objective the alignment to the European Uni<strong>on</strong> standards <strong>on</strong> food hygiene, food stuff<br />
quality and envir<strong>on</strong>ment, improvement of product presentati<strong>on</strong> and prepar<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
improvement and c<strong>on</strong>trol of the producti<strong>on</strong> quality and the adopti<strong>on</strong> of technologies<br />
for the new products, for improv<strong>in</strong>g the packag<strong>in</strong>g, the storage capacities and for<br />
improv<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g quality and for a better use and remov<strong>in</strong>g of the by-products<br />
or residua resulted after process<strong>in</strong>g and other.<br />
II. 2.1.1 Measure 1.1 „Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g for agricultural<br />
and fishery products” – projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 3 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between May-July 2006, out of the 4 submitted projects, 3<br />
projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of 22,296.097<br />
thousands LEI, respectively 6.315 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The 3 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects bel<strong>on</strong>g to the cereals submeasure (2 projects) and meat,<br />
meat products and eggs submeasure (1 project), from the objective po<strong>in</strong>t of view of,<br />
these aim at improv<strong>in</strong>g the storage capacities, improv<strong>in</strong>g or rati<strong>on</strong>aliz<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g procedures and new <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g, stor<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g<br />
capacities.<br />
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Diagram presented below (Diagram II. 2) shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted,<br />
approved and rejected projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1, dur<strong>in</strong>g the period <strong>in</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>, and<br />
tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the sector referred to:<br />
2,5<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
Diagram II. 2<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
Approved<br />
Number of Projects<br />
1,5<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0,5<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0 0<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Milk and milk<br />
products<br />
Meat products and<br />
eggs<br />
Fruits, vegetables<br />
and potatoes<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Fish and fishery<br />
products<br />
Sub-measure<br />
Textile Plants Cereals Oil seads Sugar<br />
II. 2.2 Measure 1.2 „Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant<br />
health-c<strong>on</strong>trol, for the quality of food stuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between May 2006 - October 2006, out of the 20<br />
submitted projects, 20 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value<br />
of 129,428.687 thousand LEI, respectively 36.104 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
With<strong>in</strong> this measure, the highest rate is held by the sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol submeasure<br />
hav<strong>in</strong>g 85% (17 approved projects), submeasure fitosanitary c<strong>on</strong>trol has a<br />
weight of 10% (2 approved projects), and the submeasure C<strong>on</strong>trol of foods staff<br />
quality c<strong>on</strong>trol has a weight of 5%. All the 20 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects aim at c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
extend<strong>in</strong>g, moderniz<strong>in</strong>g and endow<strong>in</strong>g with equipment and specialized <strong>in</strong>struments<br />
(18 projects) and the IT nati<strong>on</strong>al network, procurement of specific IT equipment (2<br />
projects).<br />
The diagram presented below (Diagram II. 3) shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted,<br />
approved and rejected projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.2 dur<strong>in</strong>g the period <strong>in</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>:<br />
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Diagram II. 3<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.2<br />
18<br />
16<br />
17<br />
17<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
14<br />
12<br />
Number of Projects<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0 0 0<br />
Sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol Plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trol Food stuffs quality c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
Sub-measure<br />
II. 2.3 Measure 2.1 „Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure” -<br />
projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 9 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between August - November 2002 and between April –<br />
August 2006 for Measure 2.1 Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure,<br />
out of the 781 submitted projects, 762 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible<br />
approved value of 2,106,678.208 thousand LEI.<br />
The diagram presented below (Diagram II. 4) shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted,<br />
rejected and c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects <strong>on</strong> sub-measure:<br />
Diagram II. 4<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 2.1<br />
450<br />
400<br />
389<br />
380<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
350<br />
Number of Projects<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
278<br />
273<br />
100<br />
89<br />
87<br />
50<br />
0<br />
48<br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
41<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply through rural area<br />
district networks<br />
7<br />
District system sewage <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
24<br />
0<br />
22<br />
Works of preventi<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st floods<br />
Sub-measure<br />
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Out of the total number of approved projects for Measure 2.1, approximately 50% are<br />
under the sub-measure Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas (380 approved projects, 36% are under<br />
the sub-measure Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply <strong>in</strong> centralised system <strong>in</strong> rural areas (273<br />
approved projects) and 11% are under the sub-measure Sewerage <strong>in</strong> centralised<br />
system <strong>in</strong> rural areas (87 approved projects) and 3% are approved projects for submeasures<br />
<strong>on</strong> preventi<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong> works aga<strong>in</strong>st floods (22 approved projects).<br />
93% of the projects under sub-measure Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas have as objective the<br />
modernisati<strong>on</strong> of the exist<strong>in</strong>g roads; 67% and respectively 82% of the approved<br />
projects under sub-measures Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply <strong>in</strong> centralised system <strong>in</strong> rural<br />
areas and Sewerage <strong>in</strong> centralised system <strong>in</strong> rural areas have as objective the<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> of new works.<br />
II. 2.3.1 Measure 2.1 „Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure” –<br />
projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 4 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between April – July 2006 for Measure 2.1 Development<br />
and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure, out of the 96 submitted projects, 83 projects<br />
were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of 213,989.272 thousand LEI,<br />
respectively 59.898 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The diagram presented below (Diagram II. 5) shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted,<br />
rejected and c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects affected by natural disasters <strong>on</strong> sub-measures:<br />
Diagram II. 5<br />
80<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 2.1<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
70<br />
60<br />
70<br />
60<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
Number of Projects<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
22<br />
19<br />
10<br />
0<br />
10<br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
3<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply through rural area<br />
district networks<br />
Sub-measure<br />
4<br />
4<br />
0 0 0<br />
District system sewage <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
Works of preventi<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st floods<br />
0<br />
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Out of the total number of approved projects affected by natural disasters under<br />
Measure 2.1, approximately 72% bel<strong>on</strong>g to roads <strong>in</strong> rural area sub-measure (60<br />
approved projects), 23% bel<strong>on</strong>g to water supply sub-measure (19 approved projects),<br />
5% are projects approved under sewerage sub-measure (4 approved projects).<br />
As compared to the case of roads sub-measure, under which, out of the total number<br />
of projects, 83% aimed at moderniz<strong>in</strong>g of the exist<strong>in</strong>g roads, <strong>in</strong> the case of water<br />
supply sub-measure out of the total number of approved projects 63% aim at<br />
execut<strong>in</strong>g of new works and as regards the sewerage sub-measure, 50% of projects<br />
aim at repair<strong>in</strong>g the sewerage systems.<br />
II. 2.4 Measure 3.1 „Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs” - projects not affected<br />
by natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 32 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between December 2003 – July 2006, from the total<br />
number of submitted projects – 2,984 projects, 1,921 were c<strong>on</strong>tracted with a total<br />
eligible approved value of 834,372.636 thousand LEI, respectively 231.323 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro.<br />
Approximately 62% of the approved projects for this measure are for <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong><br />
sub-measure “Field crops” (1,190 approved projects), regard<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly the<br />
procurement of mach<strong>in</strong>ery and <strong>in</strong>dependent equipments.<br />
Likewise, sub-measure “Dairy cows/buffalo cows” holds a quota of 12% (229<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts), out of the total number of approved projects for measure 3.1 most of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestments have as objective the build<strong>in</strong>g of stables for cattle and buffalo cows (71%<br />
of the <strong>in</strong>vestments under this submeasure, respectively 163 c<strong>on</strong>tracts) and <strong>on</strong>ly 12%,<br />
respectively <strong>on</strong>ly 28 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects have as objective the procurement of<br />
animals with high-quality genetic value.<br />
With reference to the two sub-measures aforementi<strong>on</strong>ed, 55% of the total number,<br />
respectively 325 young farmers are beneficiaries of <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> field crops and<br />
13%, respectively 75 young farmers are beneficiaries of <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> dairy<br />
cows/buffalo cows.<br />
The diagram bellow (Diagram II.6) presents the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted projects,<br />
approved and rejected <strong>on</strong>es for measure 3.1 dur<strong>in</strong>g the reference period and<br />
depend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> the field of activity: Field crops (1), Horticulture (2), V<strong>in</strong>eyards (3), Fruit<br />
cultivati<strong>on</strong> (4), Greenhouses (5), Dairy cows/buffaloes (6), Cattle-rear<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g (7), Sheep/goats farms (8), Young mutt<strong>on</strong>s fatten<strong>in</strong>g farms (9), Pig farms<br />
(10), Poultry farms (11), Other vegetal and animal poultry breed<strong>in</strong>g farms (12).<br />
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Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1<br />
Diagram II.6<br />
2.000<br />
1.800<br />
1.600<br />
1.750<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
Number of Projects<br />
1.400<br />
1.200<br />
1.000<br />
800<br />
600<br />
1.190<br />
525<br />
400<br />
200<br />
0<br />
35<br />
229<br />
169<br />
126<br />
84 76 70 63 82 72<br />
90 89 82<br />
44<br />
17 39<br />
1 3 3 4 17 0 16 1<br />
31 11 0 10 6 2 22 0 18<br />
Field crops Horticulture V<strong>in</strong>eyard Fruit tree<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Green<br />
Houses<br />
Milk animal<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Cattle<br />
bread<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sub-measure<br />
Goats and<br />
sheep<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Young rams<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sw<strong>in</strong>e Poultry Other type of<br />
vegetable,<br />
animals and<br />
poultry<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
II. 2.4.1 Measure 3.1 „Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs”- projects affected by<br />
natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between March 2006 - July 2006, out of the 45 submitted<br />
projects, 31 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of<br />
25,476.492 thousand LEI, respectively 7.183 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The diagram presented below (Diagram II.7) shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted,<br />
approved and rejected projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1, for the period <strong>in</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Diagram II.7<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
35<br />
30<br />
31<br />
27<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
25<br />
Number of Projects<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
11<br />
5<br />
0<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Field crops Horticulture V<strong>in</strong>eyard Fruit tree<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Green<br />
Houses<br />
3 3<br />
Milk animal<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
1 1<br />
1 1<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Cattle<br />
bread<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sub-measure<br />
Goats and<br />
sheep<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Young rams<br />
fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sw<strong>in</strong>e Poultry Other type of<br />
vegetable,<br />
animals and<br />
poultry<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Approximately 87% of the projects, out of the approved projects under this measure,<br />
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refer to <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>on</strong> field crops sub-measure (27 approved projects), mostly<br />
aim<strong>in</strong>g at procur<strong>in</strong>g of mach<strong>in</strong>es and <strong>in</strong>dependent equipment.<br />
II. 2.5 Measure 3.2 „Sett<strong>in</strong>g up of the producers groups”<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between July 2006 - November 2006, 4 projects were<br />
submitted, these projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of<br />
304.608 thousand LEI, respectively 0.086 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
About 75% of the approved projects for this measure refer to the <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>on</strong><br />
submeasure Milk (3 approved projects).<br />
The diagram below (Diagram II.8) presents the stage of the projects submitted and<br />
approved <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.2 <strong>in</strong> the reference period:<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.2<br />
Diagram II.8<br />
4<br />
3<br />
3<br />
3<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
Completed<br />
3<br />
Number of Projects<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Cereals and<br />
Technical<br />
Plants<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>al<br />
and aromatic<br />
plants<br />
Specialized<br />
crops<br />
(tobacco,<br />
hops)<br />
Vegetables<br />
and Potatoes<br />
Fruits,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
grapes<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e grapes Mushrooms Flowers and<br />
decorative<br />
plants<br />
Sub-measure<br />
Milk Meat Eggs for H<strong>on</strong>ey and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> beekeep<strong>in</strong>g<br />
products<br />
Fishery<br />
Products<br />
Forestry<br />
Products<br />
II. 2.6 Measure 3.3 „Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the<br />
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envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the countryside”<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 5 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between July 2006 - November 2006, 48 projects were<br />
submitted, out of which 47 were c<strong>on</strong>tracted with a total eligible approved amount of<br />
764.719 thousand LEI, namely 0.217 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The 47 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects aim at types of activities regard<strong>in</strong>g the preserv<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
biodiversity by us<strong>in</strong>g the traditi<strong>on</strong>al agriculture practices<br />
The below diagram (Diagram II.9) presents the stage of projects submitted and<br />
approved <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.3, <strong>in</strong> the reference period.<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.3<br />
Diagram II.9<br />
50<br />
45<br />
47<br />
47<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
40<br />
35<br />
Number of Projects<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
1 1<br />
0<br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of soil and protecti<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st erosi<strong>on</strong><br />
0 0 0<br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of biodiversity by traditi<strong>on</strong>al agriculture<br />
methods<br />
Organic Farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
0<br />
Sub-measure<br />
II. 2.7 Measure 3.4 “Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities<br />
generat<strong>in</strong>g multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come”-projects not affected by<br />
natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 32 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between December 2003 – July 2006, from the total<br />
number of 1,658 submitted projects, 1,080 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted, with a total<br />
eligible approved value of 251,672.724 thousand LEI, respectively 69.610 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro.<br />
Approximately 60% of the approved projects for this measure is for <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong><br />
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sub-measure “Rural Tourism” (643 approved projects). Likewise sub-measure “Other<br />
Activities” holds a quota of 31% (335 c<strong>on</strong>tracts), out of total number of approved<br />
projects for measure 3.4, most of the <strong>in</strong>vestments are made <strong>in</strong> bee-keep<strong>in</strong>g (214<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts represent<strong>in</strong>g 64% out of the total number for this sub-measure) and to a<br />
smaller extent <strong>in</strong> snail and frog breed<strong>in</strong>g (88 c<strong>on</strong>tracts represent<strong>in</strong>g 26% of the total<br />
number for this sub-measure).<br />
The diagram II 10 presents the situati<strong>on</strong> of the projects submitted, approved and<br />
rejected for measure 3.4 dur<strong>in</strong>g the related period and depend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> the envisaged<br />
sub measure: Rural tourism (1), Other types of tourism <strong>in</strong> rural area (2), Handcraft<br />
activities (3), Aquaculture (4), Other activities (5) – Snails and Frogs, Beekeep<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Mushrooms, Wild berries and fruit bushes process<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4<br />
Diagram II.10<br />
1000<br />
900<br />
800<br />
877<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
j ects<br />
700<br />
600<br />
643<br />
Number of Pro<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
179<br />
159<br />
289<br />
214<br />
100<br />
0<br />
2 0 2<br />
Agriculture<br />
Services<br />
57<br />
Rural turism<br />
88<br />
64<br />
51<br />
51<br />
33<br />
9 2<br />
18 7 17 8<br />
24<br />
1 0 1 2 5 8 0 6 7 0 2 1 0 1<br />
Other types of<br />
turist activities<br />
<strong>in</strong> rural area<br />
Handcraft<br />
acrivities<br />
Acvaculture<br />
Snails and<br />
frogs<br />
Sub-measure<br />
Sericulture Bee keep<strong>in</strong>g Mushrooms Wildberry<br />
fruits and tree<br />
fruits<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>al and<br />
aromatic<br />
plants<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g at<br />
farm's level of<br />
the certified<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
and/ or<br />
organic<br />
products<br />
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II. 2.7.1 Measure 3.4 „Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities,<br />
provid<strong>in</strong>g for multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>comes” – projects affected by<br />
natural disasters<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 2 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between June - July 2006, out of the 7 submitted projects,<br />
3 projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of 1,644.780<br />
thousand LEI, respectively 0.450 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The Diagram II.11 presented below shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted, approved<br />
and rejected projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, for the period <strong>in</strong> questi<strong>on</strong> and tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to<br />
account the respective sub-measure:<br />
Diagram II.11<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
5<br />
4<br />
4<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
4<br />
Number of Projects<br />
3<br />
3<br />
2<br />
2<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Agriculture<br />
Services<br />
Rural turism<br />
Other types of<br />
turist activities<br />
<strong>in</strong> rural area<br />
Handcraft<br />
acrivities<br />
Acvaculture<br />
Snails and<br />
frogs<br />
Sub-measure<br />
Sericulture Bee keep<strong>in</strong>g Mushrooms Wildberry<br />
fruits and tree<br />
fruits<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>al and<br />
aromatic<br />
plants<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g at<br />
farm's level of<br />
the certified<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al and/<br />
or organic<br />
products<br />
II. 2.8 Measure 3.5 „Forestry”<br />
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Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 3 sessi<strong>on</strong>s held between May - July 2006, out of the 158 submitted<br />
projects, 114 projects was c<strong>on</strong>tracted hav<strong>in</strong>g a total eligible approved value of<br />
236,504.634 thousand LEI, respectively 66.677 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
With<strong>in</strong> this Measure the highest weight is represented by the <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> forestry<br />
roads, namely 68% (76 approved projects).<br />
The diagram II.12 presented below shows the situati<strong>on</strong> of the submitted approved<br />
and rejected projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.5, for the period <strong>in</strong> questi<strong>on</strong> and tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to<br />
account the respective sub-measure:<br />
Number of submitted, rejected and approved projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.5<br />
Diagram II.12<br />
140<br />
120<br />
116<br />
Submitted<br />
Rejected<br />
Approved<br />
100<br />
Number of Projects<br />
80<br />
60<br />
76<br />
40<br />
38<br />
34<br />
34<br />
20<br />
0<br />
3<br />
3<br />
0 1 0 1<br />
1<br />
Afforestati<strong>on</strong> Nurseries Investments for the improvement of<br />
primary wood process<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
market<strong>in</strong>g of forest products<br />
Forestry roads<br />
0 0 0<br />
Forest exploitati<strong>on</strong><br />
Sub-measure<br />
II. 2.9 Measure 4.1 „Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”<br />
As regards measure 4.1, by the end of 2008, 5 projects with a total value of<br />
10,521.610 thousand LEI were approved mean<strong>in</strong>g 2.901 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro; all these<br />
projects were c<strong>on</strong>tracted dur<strong>in</strong>g 2005.<br />
The approved projects ensure improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for producti<strong>on</strong><br />
practices, agriculture and forestry hold<strong>in</strong>gs management <strong>in</strong> the ec<strong>on</strong>omic, technical<br />
and legal, diversificati<strong>on</strong> or rec<strong>on</strong>vert<strong>in</strong>g of different activities <strong>in</strong> rural area,<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agriculture and fishery products <strong>in</strong> compliance with<br />
the specific technologies, envir<strong>on</strong>ment protecti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
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II. 2.10 Measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance”<br />
By the end of 2008, 10 projects, with a total value of 5,214.570 thousand LEI,<br />
mean<strong>in</strong>g 1.374 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, were approved under Measure 4.2.<br />
The approved projects ensure technical assistance for: M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g (1 project), nati<strong>on</strong>al sem<strong>in</strong>ars (2 projects), <strong>in</strong>formative and publicity<br />
campaigns (2 projects), mak<strong>in</strong>g preparatory studies for other measures (3 projects)<br />
and mak<strong>in</strong>g the mid-term evaluati<strong>on</strong> of the Programme (2 projects).<br />
II. 3 Expenditures by measures<br />
II. 3.1. Paid projects<br />
Until 31 st of December 2008, the amount of the paid projects <strong>on</strong> measures was of<br />
1,278.744 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, respectively 254.030 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for year 2008, out of which:<br />
• 340.683 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 1.1, 56.060 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for the year 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of executed payments <strong>on</strong> 2008 shows off an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease with 20% as compared to the amount of the projects paid until 31 st<br />
of December 2007; out of the total of executed payments for Measure 1.1,<br />
the amount of 4.518 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro represents the executed payments for the<br />
projects affected by floods;<br />
• 17.853 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 1.2, 16.506 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for the year 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of executed payments <strong>on</strong> 2008 shows off an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease with 1,226% as compared to the amount of the projects paid until<br />
31st of December 2007;<br />
• 578.747 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 2.1, 99.431 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of executed payments for year 2008 shows off an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease with 21% as compared to the value of the projects paid prior to 31st<br />
of December 2007; out of the total executed payments for Measure 2.1; the<br />
amount of 49.920 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro represents the amount of executed payments<br />
for the projects affected by floods;<br />
• 229.412 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 3.1, 30.753 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of the payments executed for year 2008 shows off<br />
an <strong>in</strong>crease with 15% as compared to the value of the projects paid prior to<br />
31st of December 2007; out of the total executed payments for Measure 3.1,<br />
7.525 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro represents the value of the payments executed for the<br />
projects affected by disasters;<br />
• 0.029 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 3.2, payments executed <strong>in</strong> 2008;<br />
• 0.187 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 3.3, 0.005 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for the year 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of executed payments <strong>on</strong> 2008 shows off an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease with 2% as compared to the amount of the projects paid until 31st<br />
of December 2007;<br />
• 64.832 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 3.4, 14.273 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for year 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of the payments executed for year 2008 shows off<br />
an <strong>in</strong>crease of 28% as compared to the amount of projects paid prior to 31st<br />
of December 2007; out of the total of executed payments for Measure 3.4,<br />
0.420 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro represents the amount of payments executed for the<br />
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projects affected by floods;<br />
• 42.548 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 3.5, 35.728 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for the year 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of executed payments <strong>on</strong> 2008 shows off an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease with 524% as compared to the amount of the projects paid until<br />
31st of December 2007;<br />
• 3.028 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 4.1, 1.228 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for the year 2008,<br />
respectively. The amount of executed payments <strong>on</strong> 2008 shows off an<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease with 68% as compared to the amount of the projects paid until 31st<br />
of December 2007;<br />
• 1.424 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for Measure 4.2, 0.016 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for 2008, respectively.<br />
The amount of the payments executed for year 2008 shows off an <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
of 1% as compared to the amount of projects paid prior to 31 st of December<br />
2007.<br />
The diagram II.13 presents the comparative stage by measures. The values are<br />
expressed <strong>in</strong> milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Diagram II.13<br />
600,00<br />
Diagram <strong>on</strong> payments comparative stage by measures<br />
578,75<br />
2003-2008<br />
2008<br />
500,00<br />
400,00<br />
340,68<br />
Mili<strong>on</strong>s EURO<br />
300,00<br />
229,41<br />
200,00<br />
100,00<br />
56,06<br />
17,85<br />
16,51<br />
99,43<br />
30,75<br />
0,03<br />
0,03<br />
0,19<br />
0,00 64,83<br />
14,27<br />
42,55<br />
35,73<br />
3,03<br />
1,23<br />
1,42<br />
0,02<br />
0,00<br />
Measure 1.1 Measure 1.2 Measure 2.1 Measure 3.1 Measure 3.2 Measure 3.3 Measure 3.4 Measure 3.5 Measure 4.1 Measure 4.2<br />
As regards the distributi<strong>on</strong> of the overall expenditures by each submeasure the<br />
situati<strong>on</strong> is presented below. The amounts are expressed <strong>in</strong> milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
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Diagram II.14<br />
M EASURE 1.1 - Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
174,67<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
180,00<br />
160,00<br />
140,00<br />
120,00<br />
100,00<br />
80,00<br />
49,99<br />
60,00<br />
35,41<br />
29,70 31,69<br />
40,00<br />
10 , 5 0<br />
20,00<br />
3,47<br />
0,00 0,73<br />
0,00<br />
Meat pr oducts and<br />
Milk and milk<br />
Cer eal s Oi l seeds Wi ne Fr ui ts, vegetabl es Fi sh and f i sher y<br />
Sugar<br />
Textil e pl ants<br />
eggs<br />
pr oducts<br />
and potatoes<br />
pr oducts<br />
Diagram II.15<br />
M EASURE 1.1 - Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
3,00<br />
2,56<br />
Value of paid projects<br />
(MEURO)<br />
2,50<br />
1, 9 6<br />
2,00<br />
1,50<br />
1,00<br />
0,50<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00 0,00<br />
0,00 0,00 0,00<br />
0,00<br />
Meat pr oducts and<br />
eggs<br />
Milk and milk<br />
pr oducts<br />
Cer eal s Oi l seeds Wi ne Fr ui ts, vegetabl es Fi sh and f i sher y<br />
and potatoes pr oducts<br />
Sugar<br />
Textil e pl ants<br />
Diagram II.16<br />
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M EASURE 1.2- Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
14,92<br />
Value of paid project s (M EURO)<br />
16,00<br />
14,00<br />
12,00<br />
10,00<br />
8,00<br />
6,00<br />
4,00<br />
1,31<br />
1,62<br />
2,00<br />
0,00<br />
Sanitary-vet er<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>t rol Plant -healt h c<strong>on</strong>t rol Food st uff s qualit y c<strong>on</strong>t rol<br />
Diagram II.17<br />
MEASURE 2.1 - Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
300,00<br />
274,34<br />
Value of paid project s (MEURO)<br />
250,00<br />
200,00<br />
161,69<br />
150,00<br />
100,00<br />
70,26<br />
50,00<br />
22,54<br />
0,00<br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable wat er supply <strong>in</strong><br />
cent ralized net work <strong>in</strong> rural<br />
areas<br />
Sewerage <strong>in</strong> cent ralized syst em<br />
<strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
Works of prevent i<strong>on</strong> and<br />
prot ect i<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st f loods<br />
Diagram II.18<br />
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MEASURE 2.1 - Value of paid project s by submeasures<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
45,00<br />
39,77<br />
Value of paid project s (MEURO)<br />
40,00<br />
35,00<br />
30,00<br />
25,00<br />
20,00<br />
15,00<br />
9,08<br />
10,00<br />
5,00<br />
1,06<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable wat er supply <strong>in</strong><br />
cent ralized net work <strong>in</strong> rural<br />
areas<br />
Sewerage <strong>in</strong> cent ralized syst em<br />
<strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
Works of prevent i<strong>on</strong> and<br />
prot ect i<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st f loods<br />
Diagram II.19<br />
MEASURE 3.1 - Value of paid project s by submeasures<br />
120,00<br />
106,34<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
100,00<br />
80,00<br />
60,00<br />
40,00<br />
28,45<br />
28,49 26,41<br />
2,69<br />
20,00<br />
3,14<br />
7,74<br />
5,33 5,45<br />
3,16 2,72 1,96<br />
0,00<br />
Fi el d cr ops Hor ticul tur e Vi neyar ds Fr ui t gr owi ng Gr eenhouses Mi l k Cattle-<br />
ear i ng and farms f atteni ng<br />
vegetabl e,<br />
Sheep/ goats Young r ams Pigs f ar ms Poultr y f ar ms Other type of<br />
(out of which<br />
cows/buffalor<br />
f l or i cul tur e<br />
cows f ar ms fatten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
ani mal s and<br />
1,5%)<br />
poultr y<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Diagram II.20<br />
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M EASURE 3.1 - Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
8,00<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
7,00<br />
6,52<br />
6,00<br />
5,00<br />
4,00<br />
3,00<br />
2,00<br />
1,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,11<br />
0,63<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,27<br />
0,00<br />
Fi el d cr ops<br />
Hor ti cul tur e Vi neyar ds Fr ui t gr owi ng Gr eenhouses Milk Cattle-<br />
and farms f atteni ng<br />
Sheep/ goats Young r ams<br />
(out of whi ch<br />
cows/buffalorear<strong>in</strong>g<br />
floriculture<br />
cows f ar ms f atten<strong>in</strong>g<br />
1,5%)<br />
Pigs f ar ms Poultr y f ar ms Other type of<br />
vegetabl e,<br />
ani mal s and<br />
poul tr y<br />
farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Diagram II.21<br />
MEASURE 3.2- Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
0,04<br />
0,03<br />
0,03<br />
0,02<br />
0,02<br />
0,01<br />
0,01<br />
0,00<br />
Cereals and<br />
Technical<br />
Plants<br />
Vegetables<br />
and<br />
Potatoes<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e grapes M ushrooms M ilk M eat<br />
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Diagram II.22<br />
M EASURE 3.3- V alue of paid projects by submeasures<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
0,22<br />
0,19<br />
0,17<br />
0,12<br />
0,07<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,02<br />
-0,03<br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of soil and<br />
protect i<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st erosi<strong>on</strong><br />
Preservat i<strong>on</strong> of biodiversity by<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al agriculture met hods<br />
Organic Farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Diagram II.23<br />
MEASURE 3.4 -Value of paid project s by submeasures<br />
60,00<br />
Val ue of pai d pr oj ects (MEURO)<br />
50,89<br />
50,00<br />
40,00<br />
30,00<br />
20,00<br />
10,00<br />
0,20<br />
4,77<br />
1,17<br />
1,49<br />
0,87<br />
0,02<br />
2,61<br />
1,60<br />
0,56<br />
0,19<br />
0,04<br />
0,00<br />
Agr i cul tur al<br />
ser vices<br />
Rur al<br />
tourism<br />
Other types Handi cr af t Aquacul tur e Snai l s and Ser i cul tur e Bee keepi ng Mushr ooms Wi l dber r y<br />
of tour i sm<br />
f r ogs<br />
f r ui ts and<br />
tr ee f r ui ts<br />
pr ocessi ng<br />
Medi ci nal<br />
and ar omatic<br />
pl ants<br />
pr ocessi ng<br />
Pr ocessi ng<br />
at f ar m's<br />
level of the<br />
certified<br />
tr adi ti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
pr oducts<br />
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MEASURE 3.4 -Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
0,45<br />
0,42<br />
Val ue of pai d pr oj ects (MEURO)<br />
0,40<br />
0,35<br />
0,30<br />
0,25<br />
0,20<br />
0,15<br />
0,10<br />
0,05<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
Agr i cul tur al<br />
ser vices<br />
Rur al<br />
tourism<br />
Other types Handi cr af t Aquacul tur e Snai l s and Ser i cul tur e Bee keepi ng Mushr ooms Wi l dber r y<br />
of tour i sm<br />
frogs<br />
fruits and<br />
tree f ruits<br />
pr ocessi ng<br />
Medi ci nal<br />
and ar omatic<br />
pl ants<br />
pr ocessi ng<br />
Pr ocessi ng<br />
at f ar m's<br />
level of the<br />
certified<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
pr oducts<br />
Diagram II.25<br />
MEASURE 3.5-Value of paid projects by submeasures<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
40,00<br />
36,04<br />
35,00<br />
30,00<br />
25,00<br />
20,00<br />
15,00<br />
10,00<br />
6,39<br />
5,00<br />
0,09 0,02<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
Afforestati<strong>on</strong> Nurseries Investments for the<br />
improvement of<br />
primary wood<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
market <strong>in</strong>g of f orest<br />
products<br />
Forest ry roads<br />
Forest exploitat i<strong>on</strong><br />
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MEASURE 4.1- Value of paid projects<br />
3,50<br />
3,03<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
3,00<br />
2,50<br />
2,00<br />
1,50<br />
1,00<br />
0,50<br />
0,00<br />
Improv<strong>in</strong>g of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
MEASURE 4.2 - Value of paid projects<br />
Diagram II.27<br />
1,60<br />
1,42<br />
Value of paid projects (MEURO)<br />
1,40<br />
1,20<br />
1,00<br />
0,80<br />
0,60<br />
0,40<br />
0,20<br />
0,00<br />
Technical Assistance<br />
II. 3.2. Approved projects<br />
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Until December 31 st 2008, 4.414 projects were approved with a public value of<br />
1,322.391 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, <strong>on</strong> the <strong>in</strong>vestment measures. Out of these projects 10.56%<br />
represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts under Measure 1.1, 0.45% represents c<strong>on</strong>tracts under Measure<br />
1.2, 17.26% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts under Measure 2.1, 43.52% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
under Measure 3.1, 0.09% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.2, 1.07% are<br />
projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.3, 24.47% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under<br />
Measure 3.4 and 2.58% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.5.<br />
The public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value, afferent to the c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1, was of<br />
345.143 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 26.10% out of the total commitments of the<br />
PARDF. On Measure 1.2 the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 36.104 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e.<br />
2.73% out of the total commitments of the PARDF. On Measure 2.1, the public<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 573.231 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 43.35% out of the total<br />
commitments of the PARDF. On Measure 3.1, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was<br />
231.323 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 17.49% out of the total commitments. On Measure 3.2, the<br />
public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was 0.086 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 0.01% out of the total<br />
commitments. On Measure 3.3, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was 0.217 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
i.e. 0.02% out of the total commitments. On Measure 3.4, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
was 69.610 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 5.26% out of the total commitments of the PARDF. On<br />
Measure 3.5 the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was 66.677 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 5.04% out of the<br />
total commitments.<br />
At the same time, by 31 December 2008, a number of 120 projects affected by<br />
natural disasters were approved hav<strong>in</strong>g a public value of 73.846 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro <strong>on</strong> the<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestments measures. Out of these projects, 2.50% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong> Measure<br />
1.1, 69.17% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong> Measure 2.1 and 25.83% represent c<strong>on</strong>tracts <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 3.1, respectively 2.50% are projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value afferent to the c<strong>on</strong>tracts affected by disasters <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 1.1 was of 6.315 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, represent<strong>in</strong>g 8.55% from the total PARDF<br />
commitments. On Measure 2.1, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 59.898 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro, respectively 81.11% from the total PARDF commitments. On Measure 3.1, the<br />
public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 7.183 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, respectively 9.73% from the total<br />
commitments and <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 0.450 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro, respectively 0.61% from the total PARDF commitments.<br />
Details c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the approved projects (project code, beneficiary, project value)<br />
are <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the Annex 3 “Approved Projects”.<br />
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Table II.4 Summary table of approved projects<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
1 North-<br />
East Iasi<br />
2 South<br />
East<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stanta<br />
No.<br />
M 1.1 M 1.2 M 2.1<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
value (EURO)<br />
No.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
value (EURO)<br />
No.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
(EURO)<br />
No.<br />
M 3.1 M 3.2 M 3.3 M 3.4<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
No. value No. value No.<br />
value (EURO)<br />
(EURO)<br />
(EURO)<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
value (EURO)<br />
74 48.163.233,08 3 5.774.260,79 203 156.604.367,36 309 34.887.545,62 0 0,00 0 0,00 180 12.398.983,45 17 7.583.449,27<br />
81 51.344.138,78 2 3.954.047,25 125 88.341.828,77 476 45.633.305,64 1 10.781,46 0 0,00 87 4.892.082,66 0 0,00<br />
No.<br />
proj<br />
ects<br />
M 3.5<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
value (EURO)<br />
3 South<br />
Muntenia<br />
71 59.434.178,95 2 3.899.125,15 147 115.334.036,41 366 53.382.336,39 0 0,00 0 0,00 73 4.481.801,58 2 493.422,63<br />
Targoviste<br />
4 South<br />
West<br />
Oltenia<br />
29 25.408.513,67 2 3.570.292,30 104 71.122.556,63 122 17.111.642,91 0 0,00 0 0,00 148 6.288.989,21 5 2.970.918,36<br />
Craiova<br />
5 West<br />
Timisoara<br />
44 43.489.929,87 2 3.668.794,11 56 41.116.122,14 218 26.280.812,65 0 0,00 0 0,00 89 5.716.802,27 18 11.771.021,15<br />
6 North -<br />
West Satu 58 31.641.958,76 2 3.135.310,80 59 46.163.791,86 242 29.587.482,19 0 0,00 0 0,00 145 9.684.441,63 34 22.169.692,41<br />
Mare<br />
7 Centre<br />
Alba Iulia<br />
81 58.352.273,52 3 5.631.578,93 61 48.642.272,70 167 21.122.523,55 3 75.114,60 47 216.864,73 347 25.600.960,68 38 21.688.179,90<br />
8<br />
Bucharest 28 27.309.166,61 4 6.470.111,27 7 5.906.045,86 21 3.317.410,55 0 0,00 0 0,00 11 545.998,69 0 0,00<br />
Ilf ov<br />
TOTAL 466 345.143.393,25 20 36.103.520,61 762 573.231.021,72 1.921 231.323.059,50 4 85.896,06 47 216.864,73 1.080 69.610.060,17 114 66.676.683,72<br />
* Euro c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> was made at the exchange rate <strong>on</strong> the date of sign<strong>in</strong>g the selecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
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Table II.5. Summary table of projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
No. projects<br />
M 1.1 M 2.1 M 3.1<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
(EURO)<br />
No. projects<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
(EURO)<br />
No. projects<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
(EURO)<br />
M 3.4<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
No. projects<br />
(EURO)<br />
1 North-East Iasi 0 0,00 17 12.525.944,83 2 233.900,35 0 0,00<br />
2 South East<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stanta<br />
3 South Muntenia<br />
Targoviste<br />
0 0,00 12 6.230.830,22 0 0,00 0 0,00<br />
0 0,00 17 13.238.770,04 2 739.400,66 0 0,00<br />
4 South West<br />
Oltenia Craiova<br />
1 319.003,84 16 11.876.574,87 1 45.862,94 0 0,00<br />
5 West Timisoara 1 2.998.638,42 1 999.896,96 23 5.303.128,49 0 0,00<br />
6 North -West<br />
Satu Mare<br />
0 0,00 8 6.305.676,76 0 0,00 0 0,00<br />
7 Centre Alba Iulia 1 2.997.437,24 9 6.425.418,26 3 861.025,94 3 450.000,00<br />
8 Bucharest Ilfov 0 0,00 3 2.294.682,76 0 0,00 0 0,00<br />
TOTAL 3 6.315.079,50 83 59.897.794,69 31 7.183.318,39 3 450.000,00<br />
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II. 3.3 F<strong>in</strong>alized projects<br />
By December 31 st 2008, 3,965 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized, out of which 430 <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 1.1, out of which <strong>on</strong>e f<strong>in</strong>alized project be<strong>in</strong>g projects affected by natural<br />
disasters, 6 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.2, 749 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 2.1 out of which 50 f<strong>in</strong>alized projects be<strong>in</strong>g projects affected by natural<br />
disasters, 1,807 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1 out of which 31 f<strong>in</strong>alized projects be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
projects affected by natural disasters, 902 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, out of which 2<br />
f<strong>in</strong>alized projects be<strong>in</strong>g projects affected by natural disasters, 56 projects <strong>on</strong><br />
Measure 3.5, 5 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 4.1 and 10 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong> Measure<br />
4.2.<br />
Out of 3,965 projects, 777 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>in</strong> 2008 as follows: 120 projects<br />
under Measure 1.1, 6 projects under Measure 1.2, 148 projects under Measure<br />
2.1, 184 projects under Measure 3.1, 289 projects under Measure 3.4, 26 projects<br />
under Measure 3.5, 3 projects under Measure 4.1 and 1 projects under Measure<br />
4.2.<br />
At the end of 2008, the follow<strong>in</strong>g situati<strong>on</strong> resulted for the entire program <strong>on</strong> the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>alized projects:<br />
‣ On Measure 1.1, the f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong> sub measures are as follows:<br />
• Milk and dairy products – 89 projects;<br />
• Meat, meat products and eggs – 182 projects;<br />
• Fruit, vegetables and potatoes – 39 projects;<br />
• W<strong>in</strong>e - 42 projects;<br />
• Fish – 16 projects;<br />
• Textile Plants – 1 project;<br />
• Cereal – 58 projects, out of which 1 project is affected by natural disasters;<br />
• Oil seeds – 3 projects.<br />
‣ On Measure 1.2, the f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong> sub measures are as follows:<br />
• Sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol – 4 projects;<br />
• Phyto-sanitary c<strong>on</strong>trol – 1 project;<br />
• Food quality c<strong>on</strong>trol –1 project.<br />
‣ On Measure 2.1, the c<strong>on</strong>cluded projects <strong>on</strong> sub measures are as follows:<br />
• Roads <strong>in</strong> the rural area – 396 projects, out of which 40 projects are<br />
affected by natural disasters;<br />
• Supply<strong>in</strong>g with dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water through centralized networks <strong>in</strong> the rural<br />
areas – 259 projects, out of which 10 projects are affected by natural<br />
disasters;<br />
• Sewerage <strong>in</strong> centralized system <strong>in</strong> the rural areas – 77 projects;<br />
• Works for floods preventi<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong> – 17 projects.<br />
‣ On Measure 3.1, the f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong> sub measures are as follows:<br />
• Field crops – 1,197 projects, out of which 27 projects are affected by<br />
natural disasters;<br />
• Horticulture – 76 projects;<br />
• W<strong>in</strong>e-grow<strong>in</strong>g – 62 projects;<br />
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• Fruit grow<strong>in</strong>g – 71 projects;<br />
• Greenhouses – 42 projects;<br />
• Milk<strong>in</strong>g animals – 163 projects, out of which 3 projects are affected by<br />
natural disasters;<br />
• Cattle-rear<strong>in</strong>g and fatten<strong>in</strong>g – 13 projects;<br />
• Sheep/goats breed<strong>in</strong>g – 15 projects;<br />
• Young mutt<strong>on</strong> fatten<strong>in</strong>g – 8 projects;<br />
• Pigs – 73 projects;<br />
• Poultry – 73 projects;<br />
• Other vegetal and animal poultry breed<strong>in</strong>g farms – 14 projects, out of<br />
which <strong>on</strong>e project is affected by natural disasters.<br />
‣ On Measure 3.4, the f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong> sub measures are as follows:<br />
• Agriculture Services – 2 projects;<br />
• Rural tourism – 502 projects, out of which 2 projects are affected by<br />
natural disasters;<br />
• Other types of tourism activities <strong>in</strong> the rural space – 49 projects;<br />
• Handcraft – 17 projects;<br />
• Aquaculture – 13 projects;<br />
• Frogs and Snails – 81 projects;<br />
• Sericulture – 1 project;<br />
• Apiculture – 207 projects;<br />
• Mushrooms – 21 projects;<br />
• Wild berry fruits and wild berry bushes process<strong>in</strong>g – 6 projects;<br />
• Medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plants – process<strong>in</strong>g – 2 projects;<br />
• Process<strong>in</strong>g at farm's level of the certified traditi<strong>on</strong>al and/or organic<br />
products – <strong>on</strong>e project.<br />
‣ On Measure 3.5, the f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong> sub measures are as follows:<br />
• Afforestati<strong>on</strong> – 3 projects;<br />
• Nurseries – 1 project;<br />
• Investments for the improvement of primary wood process<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
market<strong>in</strong>g of forest products – 30 projects;<br />
• Forestry roads – 22 projects.<br />
‣ On Measure 4. 1 5 projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized.<br />
‣ On Measure 4.2, the f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong> category of expenditures are as<br />
follows:<br />
• Informati<strong>on</strong> and promoti<strong>on</strong> campaign – 2 projects;<br />
• Sem<strong>in</strong>ars – 2 projects;<br />
• M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee Meet<strong>in</strong>g – 1 project;<br />
• Preparative studies for other measures – 3 projects;<br />
• Mid term evaluati<strong>on</strong> – 2 projects.<br />
We menti<strong>on</strong> that there were taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> as f<strong>in</strong>alized projects <strong>on</strong>ly the<br />
projects 100% implemented and to which the f<strong>in</strong>al payment was executed.<br />
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Detailed <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> is <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the annexed m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables (Annex No. 2)<br />
which c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicators.<br />
II. 3. 4 Sensitive sectors<br />
Situati<strong>on</strong> of the projects f<strong>in</strong>anced related to <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> the sensitive sectors under<br />
the SAPARD Programme is presented <strong>in</strong> the below table (Table II.6):<br />
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Table II.6<br />
Period August 1 st 2002 – December 31 st 2008<br />
Sensitive sectors - for <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> improv<strong>in</strong>g the process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
agricultural and fishery products<br />
Sector Activity/product Reference unit<br />
Meat<br />
Capacity of slaughter house<br />
for:<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
capacity 1 <strong>in</strong><br />
2004<br />
Capacity<br />
supported under<br />
the SAPARD<br />
Programme<br />
start<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
2000*<br />
Total 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 728.500 421.050<br />
mixed 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 203.913<br />
sw<strong>in</strong>e 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 39.784<br />
cattle 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 33.922<br />
sheep 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 2.700<br />
poultry 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 140.731<br />
Eggs Capacity of pack<strong>in</strong>g Milli<strong>on</strong> eggs/year<br />
Capacity of global use 000 hl/year 18,667.700 4,460.888<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g milk 000 hl/ year 962.989<br />
Milk<br />
Centrifuged<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g powder<br />
000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.322<br />
milk<br />
milk out of which:<br />
Whole milk 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.326<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g cheese<br />
(<strong>on</strong> range of products)<br />
000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 42.627<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g butter 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 1.952<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g case<strong>in</strong> 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g churn powder 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 1.080<br />
milk, out of which: liquid 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 256.830<br />
Total of nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
capacity start<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with 2000 3<br />
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Starch<br />
Mill<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g starch<br />
from:<br />
Capacity of mill<strong>in</strong>g for:<br />
potatoes 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
corn 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
wheat 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
other cereal 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
ord<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
wheat<br />
000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 293.607<br />
hard wheat 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
rice 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
other cereal 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 91.625<br />
Malt Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g malt 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
Capacity per<br />
Sugar<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g sugar:<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g the w<strong>in</strong>e<br />
out of which:<br />
day<br />
t<strong>on</strong>s/day 10.885 0.000<br />
Agricultural 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/seed<br />
campaign age<br />
0.000<br />
Total hectolitres/ year 19,195,000.000 464,644.589<br />
V<strong>in</strong>e – noble<br />
breed hectolitres/ year 277,890.019<br />
(QWPSR 4 )<br />
Table w<strong>in</strong>e hectolitres/ year 186,754.570<br />
* The new sett<strong>in</strong>g up capacities and capacity <strong>in</strong>creases with<strong>in</strong> the modernizati<strong>on</strong> projects are taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>. The menti<strong>on</strong>ed capacities <strong>in</strong> this column are different from those <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />
<strong>in</strong> table 6.a.1.1. With<strong>in</strong> table 6.a.1.1, total capacities <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects are accounted, whereas <strong>in</strong> this table, the total <strong>in</strong>volved capacities are accounted with regard to<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects for new <strong>in</strong>vestments. As regards modernizati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>on</strong>ly the difference between the capacity to be obta<strong>in</strong>ed at the project f<strong>in</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> and the capacity exist<strong>in</strong>g at the moment of<br />
SAPARD funds request is accounted.<br />
1<br />
- "Capacity" to be used shall be the same for the related columns.<br />
2<br />
– If for 2000 any <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> is not available, to be <strong>in</strong>cluded the most recent data, specify<strong>in</strong>g the reference year.<br />
3<br />
– To be menti<strong>on</strong>ed the capacity supported under the SAPARD Programme, <strong>in</strong>crease of capacity realized without SAPARD aid and clos<strong>in</strong>g of capacities.<br />
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Table II.7<br />
Sensitive sectors - for <strong>in</strong>vestments <strong>in</strong> improv<strong>in</strong>g the process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
agricultural and fishery products – projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Period April 1 st 2006 – December 31 st 2008<br />
Sector Activity/product Reference unit<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
capacity 1<br />
<strong>in</strong> 2004<br />
Capacity<br />
supported<br />
under the<br />
SAPARD<br />
Programme<br />
start<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
2000*<br />
Total of<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
capacity<br />
start<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
2000 3<br />
Meat<br />
Capacity of slaughter house<br />
for:<br />
Total 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 11.250<br />
mixed 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 11.250<br />
sw<strong>in</strong>e 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 0.000<br />
cattle 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 0.000<br />
sheep 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 0.000<br />
poultry 000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year 0.000<br />
Eggs Capacity of pack<strong>in</strong>g Milli<strong>on</strong> eggs/year<br />
Capacity of global use 000 hl/year 0.000<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g milk 000 hl/ year 0.000<br />
Centrifuged<br />
Milk<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g powder<br />
000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
milk<br />
milk out of which:<br />
Whole milk 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g cheese<br />
(<strong>on</strong> range of products)<br />
000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g butter 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g case<strong>in</strong> 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g churn powder 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
milk, out of which: liquid 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 0.000<br />
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Starch<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g starch<br />
from:<br />
potatoes 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
corn 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
wheat 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
other cereal 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
ord<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
wheat<br />
000 t<strong>on</strong>s/year 4.875<br />
Mill<strong>in</strong>g Capacity of mill<strong>in</strong>g for:<br />
hard wheat 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
rice 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
other cereal 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.800<br />
Malt Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g malt 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/ year 0.000<br />
Sugar Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g sugar:<br />
Capacity per<br />
t<strong>on</strong>s/day 0.000<br />
day<br />
Agricultural 000 t<strong>on</strong>s/seed<br />
0.000<br />
campaign age<br />
Total hectolitre/ year 0.000<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e<br />
V<strong>in</strong>e – noble<br />
Capacity of produc<strong>in</strong>g the w<strong>in</strong>e<br />
breed<br />
out of which:<br />
(QWPSR 4 )<br />
hectolitre/ year 0.000<br />
Table w<strong>in</strong>e hectolitre/ year 0.000<br />
* The new sett<strong>in</strong>g up capacities and capacity <strong>in</strong>creases with<strong>in</strong> the modernizati<strong>on</strong> projects are taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>. The menti<strong>on</strong>ed capacities <strong>in</strong> this column are different from<br />
those <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> table 6.a.1.1. With<strong>in</strong> table 6.a.1.1, total capacities <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects are accounted, whereas <strong>in</strong> this table, the total <strong>in</strong>volved capacities are<br />
accounted with regard to c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects for new <strong>in</strong>vestments. As regards modernizati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>on</strong>ly the difference between the capacity to be obta<strong>in</strong>ed at the project f<strong>in</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong><br />
and the capacity exist<strong>in</strong>g at the moment of SAPARD funds request is accounted.<br />
1<br />
- "Capacity" to be used shall be the same for the related columns.<br />
2<br />
– If for 2000 any <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> is not available, to be <strong>in</strong>cluded the most recent data, specify<strong>in</strong>g the reference year.<br />
3<br />
– To be menti<strong>on</strong>ed the capacity supported under the SAPARD Programme, <strong>in</strong>crease of capacity realized without SAPARD aid and clos<strong>in</strong>g of capacities.<br />
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II. 3.5 Sancti<strong>on</strong>ed and cancelled projects<br />
By December 31 st 2008, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the official data, 806 projects were cancelled<br />
and sancti<strong>on</strong>ed due to irregularities, out of which 99 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.1, 2<br />
projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 1.2, 228 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 2.1, 168 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.1,<br />
45 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.3, 247 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.4, 6 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.5,<br />
2 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 4.1 and 9 projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 4.2.<br />
On Measure 1.1 “Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fishery products”, 50 f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>tracts were cancelled, at the beneficiaries’ request<br />
or from various reas<strong>on</strong>s. For 11 projects payment had been executed, of 6,706.532<br />
thousand LEI, prior to c<strong>on</strong>tract ceas<strong>in</strong>g. In 2008, 16 projects <strong>on</strong> this measure were<br />
cancelled.<br />
Other 49 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed (out of which 28 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2008) due to some irregularities <strong>in</strong> implement<strong>in</strong>g the projects, the sancti<strong>on</strong>s value<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g of 19,025.688 thousand LEI.<br />
On the Measure 1.2 „Improvement the structures for carry<strong>in</strong>g out the veter<strong>in</strong>ary, and<br />
phyto-sanitary quality c<strong>on</strong>trol for food stuff and c<strong>on</strong>sumers’ protecti<strong>on</strong>”, 2 projects<br />
were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed (out of which <strong>on</strong>e project was sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008), due to some<br />
irregularities found dur<strong>in</strong>g the project’s implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> amount of 0.220 thousand<br />
LEI.<br />
On Measure 2.1 “Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure”, 19 f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts with PARDF were cancelled due to various reas<strong>on</strong>s or at the beneficiaries’<br />
request. For 6 projects payments had been executed prior the c<strong>on</strong>tract’s ceas<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong><br />
amount of 19,027.939 thousand LEI. In 2008, 5 projects were cancelled <strong>on</strong> this<br />
Measure.<br />
Other 209 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed (out of which 32 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2008) due to some irregularities <strong>in</strong> implement<strong>in</strong>g the projects, the sancti<strong>on</strong>s value<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g of 31,321.520 thousand LEI.<br />
On Measure 3.1 “Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs”, 132 f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>tracts with<br />
PARDF were cancelled due to various reas<strong>on</strong>s or at the beneficiaries’ request; 66<br />
beneficiaries required the projects’ cancellati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2008.<br />
For 9 projects payment had been executed prior to c<strong>on</strong>tract’s ceas<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> amount of<br />
1,507.078 thousand LEI.<br />
Other 36 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed (out of which 17 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2008), the sancti<strong>on</strong>s hav<strong>in</strong>g a total value of 3,665.483 thousand LEI.<br />
On Measure 3.3 “Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the countryside”, 45 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008,<br />
the sancti<strong>on</strong>s hav<strong>in</strong>g a total value of 580.126 thousand LEI.<br />
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On Measure 3.4 „Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities, provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>comes”, 188 f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>tracts with PARDF<br />
were cancelled due to various reas<strong>on</strong>s or at the beneficiaries request; 65<br />
beneficiaries required the c<strong>on</strong>tracts cancellati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2008. For 32 projects payments<br />
had been executed prior to c<strong>on</strong>tracts ceas<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> amount of 4,104.564 thousand LEI.<br />
Other 59 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed (out of which 30 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2008), due to irregularities found dur<strong>in</strong>g the projects implementati<strong>on</strong>, the sancti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
hav<strong>in</strong>g a total value of 5,508.790 thousand LEI.<br />
On Measure 3.5 ”Forestry” 4 c<strong>on</strong>tracts were cancelled at the beneficiary’s request for<br />
which no payments had been executed prior to the date of c<strong>on</strong>tract’s ceas<strong>in</strong>g, 3<br />
projects were cancelled dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008<br />
2 projects were sancti<strong>on</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the sancti<strong>on</strong>s hav<strong>in</strong>g a total value of 127.704<br />
thousand LEI.<br />
On Measure 4.1 „Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g” 2 c<strong>on</strong>tracts were cancelled.<br />
As regards Measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance”, 9 projects were cancelled.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the discussi<strong>on</strong>s of the 17 th meet<strong>in</strong>g of the SAPARD Programme M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Committee held <strong>on</strong> 9th of July 2009, regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>tent of the Annual<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> Report for SAPARD Programme for 2008, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for<br />
SAPARD Programme synthesized the causes for the significant number of c<strong>on</strong>tracts<br />
cancelled from the cut off day until the date of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s presented dur<strong>in</strong>g the last<br />
MC reuni<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the collecti<strong>on</strong> of the data held by the Agency’s technical structures, it was<br />
found that from the completi<strong>on</strong> of the c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g process under the SAPARD<br />
Programme (31 st of July 2007) until now, 271 c<strong>on</strong>tracts have been cancelled totall<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the amount of 45,946,435.80 Euro.<br />
The centralizati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>cludes both <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> supplied by the Romanian authorities<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme, respectively the<br />
Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery, the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
members and representatives of <strong>programme</strong> beneficiaries.<br />
Thus, the comm<strong>on</strong> causes of projects cancellati<strong>on</strong> which have been identified were<br />
highlighted by the members of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee and the PARDF. The<br />
majority of cases relates to the <strong>in</strong>ability of the beneficiaries to f<strong>in</strong>alize the project, as<br />
well as to the adm<strong>in</strong>istrative problems faced by the beneficiaries.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> factors identified by the Romanian authorities who led to the cancellati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the above menti<strong>on</strong>ed projects are classified as follows:<br />
I. Causes identified by the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery<br />
‣ the beneficiaries exceeded the executi<strong>on</strong> deadl<strong>in</strong>e of the <strong>in</strong>vestment due to the<br />
lack of co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
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• lack of own f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g;<br />
• n<strong>on</strong> grant<strong>in</strong>g of credits by the f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s or n<strong>on</strong> grant<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
guarantee by the guarantee<strong>in</strong>g funds;<br />
‣ n<strong>on</strong>-compliance with the c<strong>on</strong>tractual duties by the beneficiaries:<br />
• exceed<strong>in</strong>g the deadl<strong>in</strong>e for submitt<strong>in</strong>g the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> dossiers;<br />
• modify<strong>in</strong>g the technical soluti<strong>on</strong>, as compared to the <strong>on</strong>e <strong>in</strong>itially provided <strong>in</strong><br />
the f<strong>in</strong>ancial applicati<strong>on</strong>, without the approval of the c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g authority;<br />
• n<strong>on</strong>-compliance with the technical project dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• n<strong>on</strong>-compliance dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the c<strong>on</strong>tract of the eligibility<br />
criteria, <strong>on</strong>e of the most important be<strong>in</strong>g the lack of land or build<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
ownership, some beneficiaries submitt<strong>in</strong>g false documents or c<strong>on</strong>tracts that<br />
have lost their validity <strong>in</strong> time;<br />
• n<strong>on</strong>-compliance with the eligibility and selecti<strong>on</strong> criteria and the acquisiti<strong>on</strong><br />
procedure dur<strong>in</strong>g the ex-post m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g period. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
period of the projects, when the experts of the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud<br />
Directorate carried out <strong>on</strong>-the-spot checks, it was found that the<br />
beneficiaries had not observed the c<strong>on</strong>tractual obligati<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>cluded with<br />
SAPARD Agency (i.e. they had not observed either the schedule for works’<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> compliance with the approved technical project, or the works<br />
accord<strong>in</strong>g to the technical project);<br />
‣ due to the current ec<strong>on</strong>omic c<strong>on</strong>text, to the ec<strong>on</strong>omic crisis, the companies which<br />
have received the community funds under SAPARD Programme and have<br />
committed by c<strong>on</strong>tract to functi<strong>on</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g a m<strong>in</strong>imum of 5 years (m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
period), are at present unable to c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ue their activity;<br />
‣ at the same time, there are beneficiaries who are unable to implement the project<br />
due to f<strong>in</strong>ancial problems, as they do not have sufficient funds any more for<br />
complet<strong>in</strong>g the project, the new credit c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of banks be<strong>in</strong>g too harsh, and<br />
the <strong>in</strong>terest and exchange rates too high. Therefore, the projects were cancelled<br />
at the request of the beneficiary, with parties’ agreement;<br />
‣ litigati<strong>on</strong>s (i.e. between the manufacturer and supplier, between the beneficiary<br />
and the bank, property litigati<strong>on</strong>s, enforcement, cancellati<strong>on</strong> of the build<strong>in</strong>g permit<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cluded by the court).<br />
‣ the beneficiary exceeded the c<strong>on</strong>tractual deadl<strong>in</strong>e for the procurement procedure<br />
under Measure 3.1;<br />
‣ the beneficiary entered <strong>in</strong>to the <strong>in</strong>solvency and bankruptcy proceed<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
Note: A part of the cancellati<strong>on</strong> causes presented above have been identified also by<br />
PARDF, as well as by the beneficiaries’ representatives and the MC members.<br />
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II. Causes identified by the beneficiaries of the SAPARD Programme and the<br />
MC members<br />
‣ problems caused by the relati<strong>on</strong> between the beneficiary and the builder,<br />
respectively:<br />
• n<strong>on</strong>-compliance with the executi<strong>on</strong> deadl<strong>in</strong>es;<br />
• f<strong>in</strong>ancial additi<strong>on</strong>al requests, compared with the signed c<strong>on</strong>tract, <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ue to accomplish the work;<br />
• the c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the beneficiaries to make advance payments <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ue the works, even though the c<strong>on</strong>tract stipulated that the payments<br />
can be made based <strong>on</strong> the work situati<strong>on</strong>s approved by the beneficiaries.<br />
‣ higher projects costs compared with the <strong>on</strong>es <strong>in</strong>itially estimated <strong>in</strong> the project<br />
budget and frequently above the possibility of the beneficiaries due to:<br />
• the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of services, goods and works at higher prices than the<br />
market prices and the budget of the projects;<br />
• the big periods between the submissi<strong>on</strong> of the project, sign<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>tract, beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the project and c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> of the project;<br />
• the depreciati<strong>on</strong> of the R<strong>on</strong> compared with Euro.<br />
‣ the beneficiaries applied for support under the SAPARD Programme and after<br />
the approval of the projects they were not able to f<strong>in</strong>ancially susta<strong>in</strong> them (i.e.<br />
farmers with small hold<strong>in</strong>gs, of 5-10 ha, purchased agricultural equipments with<br />
high values);<br />
‣ the existence of large or very large c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s projects (process<strong>in</strong>g units,<br />
warehouses, etc.) which have far exceeded the amount of the <strong>in</strong>vestment, the<br />
<strong>in</strong>itial assessment be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>correctly carried out;<br />
‣ over evaluati<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>vestment, <strong>in</strong>come and expenditures related to the projects by<br />
certa<strong>in</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sultancy firms;<br />
‣ the delays <strong>in</strong> what c<strong>on</strong>cerns the payments to the beneficiaries led, <strong>in</strong> most of the<br />
case, to the <strong>in</strong>ability of the beneficiaries to pay the suppliers of equipments and<br />
the builders;<br />
‣ high bureaucracy exist<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> implementati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
SAPARD, as well as the err<strong>on</strong>eous <strong>in</strong>terpretati<strong>on</strong>s of the law;<br />
‣ big delays <strong>in</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts, determ<strong>in</strong>ed by objective<br />
reas<strong>on</strong>s or the weak managerial capacity of the beneficiaries;<br />
‣ lack of the experience of the beneficiaries regard<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> projects<br />
with mandatory and strict rules;<br />
‣ existence of bad management <strong>in</strong> various stages of project implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
‣ acquisiti<strong>on</strong> problems – differences regard<strong>in</strong>g the prices of the offers as a<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sequence of the surpass of the validity period of the offer, slow receiv<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
the offers due to the high request;<br />
‣ high criteria regard<strong>in</strong>g the process<strong>in</strong>g capacities <strong>in</strong> the animal husbandry and<br />
food <strong>in</strong>dustry field, favour<strong>in</strong>g those with a lot of m<strong>on</strong>ey;<br />
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‣ the state did not provided a clear policy related to the SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong><br />
order to support the small farmers organized <strong>in</strong> associati<strong>on</strong>s for the efficient<br />
development of the producti<strong>on</strong> units;<br />
‣ the gap between the development of the <strong>in</strong>dustry and animal husbandry (the<br />
supplier of raw materials) represented another cause <strong>on</strong> the cancellati<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
SAPARD projects. Even if Romania has big slaughter capacity, a problem<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s the decrease of the livestock (cattle, pigs) and this led to the<br />
dependence of meat import and <strong>in</strong>creased the competiti<strong>on</strong> for the purchase of an<br />
<strong>in</strong>sufficient number of animals, result<strong>in</strong>g higher costs, reduced marg<strong>in</strong>s and<br />
removal of some market operators and implicitly quitt<strong>in</strong>g the SAPARD projects<br />
which became <strong>in</strong>adequate to the market c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
‣ sw<strong>in</strong>e fever, ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the embargo <strong>on</strong> pork and especially <strong>on</strong> derived products<br />
had a very negative <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>on</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g and export of this k<strong>in</strong>d of projects.<br />
This is <strong>in</strong>creased by the exodus of labour force <strong>in</strong> Europe, which reduced the<br />
number of nati<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>sumers);<br />
‣ the shadow ec<strong>on</strong>omy rema<strong>in</strong>s a first rank disturb<strong>in</strong>g factor. Persistence and even<br />
flourish<strong>in</strong>g of black ec<strong>on</strong>omy lead to severely limitati<strong>on</strong> of the correct market<br />
operators through the unfair competiti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
II. 4 Achievement stage for the proposed objective<br />
II. 4.1 Measure 1.1 “The Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
agricultural and fisheries products”<br />
The general objective of the measure is to <strong>in</strong>crease the efficiency of the process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and fishery products, hav<strong>in</strong>g as a result the <strong>in</strong>crease of<br />
the quality of the products <strong>in</strong> order to c<strong>on</strong>tribute to the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
community acquis, the <strong>in</strong>crease of competitiveness and products added value, and<br />
the creati<strong>on</strong> of new jobs.<br />
Investments made under this measure are to c<strong>on</strong>tribute to: orientat<strong>in</strong>g the producti<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> compliance with the predictable market tendencies, improv<strong>in</strong>g or rati<strong>on</strong>aliz<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
collect<strong>in</strong>g networks and en-gross trade, improv<strong>in</strong>g the presentati<strong>on</strong> and c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
of agricultural and fishery products <strong>on</strong> the market, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the efficiency by us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
modern technology, improv<strong>in</strong>g the quality of the processed products and the quality<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol for foodstuff by observ<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>in</strong>imum requirements for food safety,<br />
promot<strong>in</strong>g producti<strong>on</strong> methods which do not harm the envir<strong>on</strong>ment, creat<strong>in</strong>g new jobs<br />
<strong>in</strong> rural area as well as ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong>es.<br />
Data regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestments f<strong>in</strong>anced <strong>in</strong> the reference period per ma<strong>in</strong> objective of the<br />
project are presented <strong>in</strong> Annex no. 2 with the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables i.e. table a.1.1 and<br />
a.3.1 affected by natural disasters.<br />
Capacities provided to be achieved or modernized under this measure, for the<br />
projects not affected by natural disasters and for the <strong>on</strong>es affected by natural<br />
disasters, are presented <strong>in</strong> the below tables:<br />
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Sector<br />
Table II.8 –Projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
Number of<br />
projects<br />
Approved<br />
Reference unit for the approved projects<br />
Unit of<br />
Involved capacities<br />
measure New Improved<br />
Milk and dairy products 92 hl/year 2,691,955 6,881,813<br />
Milk collect<strong>in</strong>g 2 hl/year 9,612 120,000<br />
From which Milk process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
units<br />
89 hl/year 2,682,343 6,610,813<br />
t/year 357,918 784,683<br />
Meat and meat products and eggs<br />
202 Thousand<br />
From which<br />
pieces<br />
0 6,000<br />
eggs/year<br />
Beef 0 t/an 0 0<br />
Pork 2 ' 0 14,200<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g Mutt<strong>on</strong> 0 ' 0 0<br />
Poultry 4 ' 9,097 3,240<br />
Comb<strong>in</strong>ed 141 158,614 509,711<br />
Slaughterhouses 54 ' 190,207 257,532<br />
Laboratories 0 ' 0 0<br />
Fruits, vegetable and potatoes 41 ' 132,964 149,708<br />
From which<br />
Fresh 21 ' 125,659 27,729<br />
Processed 20 ' 7,305 121,979<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e 45 ' 54,242 254,063<br />
From which<br />
Laboratories 5 ' 3,000 3,140<br />
Storage capacity 13 19,267 136,662<br />
Fish 18 ' 19,541 22,154<br />
Textile plants 1 300 0<br />
Cereals 64 ' 2,669,758<br />
Oil seeds 3 ' 0 252,600<br />
Sugar 0 ' 0<br />
TOTAL 466<br />
Table II.9 – Projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Sector<br />
Number of<br />
projects<br />
Approved<br />
Reference unit for the approved projects<br />
Involved capacities<br />
Unit of<br />
measure New Improved<br />
Milk and dairy products 0 hl/year 0.000 0.000<br />
Milk collect<strong>in</strong>g 0 hl/year 0.000 0.000<br />
From which Milk process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
units<br />
0 hl/year 0.000 0.000<br />
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t/year 11,250.000 0.000<br />
Meat and meat products and eggs<br />
1 Thousand<br />
From which<br />
pieces<br />
0 0<br />
eggs/year<br />
Beef 0 t/an 0.000 0.000<br />
Pork 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g Mutt<strong>on</strong> 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Poultry 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Comb<strong>in</strong>ed 0 0.000 0.000<br />
Slaughterhouses 1 ' 11,250.000 0.000<br />
Laboratories 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Fruits, vegetable and potatoes 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
From which<br />
Fresh 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Processed 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
From which<br />
Laboratories 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Storage capacity 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Fish 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Textile plants 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Cereals 2 ' 18,500.000<br />
Oil seeds 0 ' 0.000 0.000<br />
Sugar 0 ' 0.000<br />
TOTAL 3<br />
Under sub-measure “Milk and dairy products”, the highest rate of <strong>in</strong>vestments is<br />
directed towards milk process<strong>in</strong>g units, with<strong>in</strong> this sector, new capacities of 2,691.955<br />
thousand hl/year for milk collect<strong>in</strong>g and process<strong>in</strong>g are provided to be achieved and<br />
capacities of 6,881.813 thousand hl/year are provided to be modernized.<br />
Under sub-measure meat, meat products and eggs a new capacity for meat<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g of approximately 357.918 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/year are provided to be achieved<br />
and capacities with a value of 784.683 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/year and 6.000 thousand<br />
pieces eggs /year will be modernized, and for projects affected by natural disasters a<br />
new capacity is to be made of about 11.250 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/year. The highest quota of<br />
the capacities is focused <strong>on</strong> the comb<strong>in</strong>ed meat process<strong>in</strong>g and slaughterhouse<br />
sector.<br />
Under sub-measure Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes, new capacities of 132.964<br />
thousand t<strong>on</strong>es are provided to be achieved, ma<strong>in</strong>ly focused <strong>on</strong> fresh vegetable<br />
storage, while modernized capacities of about 149.708 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/ year are<br />
oriented ma<strong>in</strong>ly towards fruit, vegetable and potatoes process<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Through w<strong>in</strong>e sub-measure, c<strong>on</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g of 45 c<strong>on</strong>tracts, at the end of 2008, new<br />
capacities of 54.242 thousand to/year are envisaged to be created and capacities of<br />
254.063 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/ year are envisaged to be rehabilitated.<br />
In the fishery sector new capacities of about 19.541 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/year will be<br />
created and exist<strong>in</strong>g capacities of 22.154 thousand to/year will be rehabilitated.<br />
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Under Textile Plants Sub-Measure, new capacities of about 0.300 thousand<br />
t<strong>on</strong>e/year will be set up.<br />
As regard<strong>in</strong>g cereals, through the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects the exist<strong>in</strong>g capacities of<br />
approximately 2,669.758 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/year will be modernized for projects not<br />
affected by natural disasters, and of approximately 18.500 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/year for the<br />
projects affected by natural disasters.<br />
Through the c<strong>on</strong>tracted f<strong>in</strong>anced under Seed Oils Sub-Measure, the exist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
capacities of approximately 252.600 thousand t<strong>on</strong>e/years will be improved.<br />
Complete data <strong>on</strong> the capacities provided to be achieved or modernized are<br />
presented <strong>in</strong> the table II.8 and II.9.<br />
II. 4.2 Measure 1.2 „Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and plant<br />
health-c<strong>on</strong>trol, for the quality of food stuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”<br />
Capacities provided to be achieved under this measure, for the approved projects are<br />
presented <strong>in</strong> the table below:<br />
Table II.10<br />
Laboratories<br />
Number of<br />
approved<br />
projects<br />
Capacity<br />
no. f analysis types<br />
sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary type 17 2,232<br />
Phyto-sanitary c<strong>on</strong>trol 2 13<br />
Quality c<strong>on</strong>trol for food<br />
products<br />
1 65<br />
TOTAL 20<br />
With<strong>in</strong> this measure, the highest rate c<strong>on</strong>cerns the number of analysis types for the<br />
sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol, namely 2,232 types of analyses.<br />
The complete <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the capacities provided to be achieved are presented <strong>in</strong><br />
Tables II.10.<br />
II. 4.3 Measure 2.1 „ Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure”<br />
Through the projects approved <strong>in</strong> the period <strong>in</strong> questi<strong>on</strong> for this measure, it is<br />
provided the achievement of 60.670 km of new communal roads, modernizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
2,392.594 km of communal roads and reparati<strong>on</strong> of 67,898 km of the roads affected<br />
by natural disasters, the highest rate be<strong>in</strong>g represented of the modernizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
communal roads, namely 95% out of the total works.<br />
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For the projects affected by natural disasters, modernizati<strong>on</strong> of 259.450 km of<br />
communal roads and reparati<strong>on</strong> of 27.918 km for the roads affected by natural<br />
disasters are provided.<br />
In case of the Water Supply Sub-Measure, <strong>on</strong>ly 27% from the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects<br />
represent modernizati<strong>on</strong>s of the exist<strong>in</strong>g networks, the highest rate of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestments aimed at execut<strong>in</strong>g of new works of dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply, namely<br />
approximately 3,669.075 km of pipe. In view of rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the dr<strong>in</strong>kable water<br />
supply systems for the areas affected by natural disasters the executi<strong>on</strong> of about<br />
55.989 km of pipe is provided.<br />
For the projects affected by natural disasters, executi<strong>on</strong> of new 150.149 km of pipe,<br />
modernizati<strong>on</strong> of approximately 86.310 km of pipe and reparati<strong>on</strong> of 12.337 km of<br />
pipe are provided.<br />
As regards the Sewerage <strong>in</strong> Centralized System Sub-Measure, aimed at works<br />
execut<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> a total of approximately 862.69 km of pipes, out of which the executi<strong>on</strong><br />
of new works represents 86%, the modernizati<strong>on</strong> of the exist<strong>in</strong>g systems represents<br />
14% from the total while for the reparati<strong>on</strong> of the sewerage systems, the achievement<br />
of 0.200 km of pipe is provided.<br />
For the projects affected by natural disasters, executi<strong>on</strong> of new 5 km of pipe,<br />
modernizati<strong>on</strong> of approximately 0.910 km of pipe and reparati<strong>on</strong> of 6.100 km of pipe<br />
are provided.<br />
As regards the Works for Preventi<strong>on</strong> and Protecti<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st Floods Sub-Measure,<br />
the executi<strong>on</strong> of 111.425 km is provided.<br />
These percentages are correlated with the situati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>in</strong> the<br />
diagnosis secti<strong>on</strong> of NPARD. The implementati<strong>on</strong> of the sub-measures for Water<br />
Supply and Sewerage has an impact up<strong>on</strong> a total number of approximately 1.33<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>habitants, namely 0.05 milli<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>habitants for the projects affected by<br />
natural disasters.<br />
The complete <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the objectives types provided under Measure 2.1 is<br />
presented <strong>in</strong> the tables below.<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong><br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
from which:<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g of new communal<br />
roads<br />
moderniz<strong>in</strong>g of communal<br />
roads<br />
rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of floods<br />
damaged roads<br />
Table II.11 - Projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
Reference Unit<br />
Quantity<br />
Number of<br />
approved<br />
projects<br />
Unit of<br />
measure<br />
Approved<br />
projects<br />
C<strong>on</strong>cluded<br />
projects<br />
On-go<strong>in</strong>g<br />
projects<br />
380 km 2,521.162 2,356.401 164.761<br />
10 km 60.670 61.652 -0.982<br />
352 km 2,392.594 2,241.366 151.228<br />
18 km 67.898 53.383 14.515<br />
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Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply <strong>in</strong><br />
centralized network <strong>in</strong> rural<br />
areas<br />
from which:<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> of new water supply<br />
works<br />
extensi<strong>on</strong> and/or<br />
modernizati<strong>on</strong><br />
rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of dr<strong>in</strong>kable<br />
water supply systems <strong>in</strong> the<br />
floods damaged areas<br />
Sewerage <strong>in</strong> centralized<br />
system <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
from which:<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> of new sewerage<br />
works<br />
extensi<strong>on</strong> and/or<br />
modernizati<strong>on</strong><br />
rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of sewerage<br />
systems <strong>in</strong> floods damaged<br />
areas<br />
Works for floods preventi<strong>on</strong><br />
and protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
273<br />
184<br />
78<br />
11<br />
87<br />
71<br />
15<br />
1<br />
22<br />
TOTAL 762<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
no. of<br />
covered<br />
<strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
no. of<br />
covered<br />
<strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
5,136.063 4,624.853 511.210<br />
983,795 920,164 63.631<br />
3,669.075 3,276.805 392.270<br />
1,410.999 1,325.432 85.567<br />
55.989 22,616 33.373<br />
862.690 776.463 86.227<br />
340,788 320,831 19,957<br />
740.075 681.685 58.390<br />
122.415 94.578 27.837<br />
0.200 0.200 0<br />
km 111.425 95.660 15.765<br />
ha 6,022.180 3,333.750 2,688.430<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong><br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
from which:<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g of new communal<br />
roads<br />
moderniz<strong>in</strong>g of communal<br />
roads<br />
rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of floods<br />
damaged roads<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply <strong>in</strong><br />
centralized network <strong>in</strong><br />
rural areas<br />
from which:<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> of new water<br />
supply works<br />
extensi<strong>on</strong> and/or<br />
modernizati<strong>on</strong><br />
Number of<br />
approved<br />
projects<br />
Table II.12 - Projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Unit of<br />
measure<br />
Reference Unit<br />
Approved<br />
projects<br />
Quantity<br />
C<strong>on</strong>cluded<br />
projects<br />
On-go<strong>in</strong>g<br />
projects<br />
60 km 287.368 186.592 100.776<br />
0 km 0.000 0.000 0.000<br />
50 km 259.450 159.616 99.834<br />
10 km 27.918 26.976 0.942<br />
19<br />
12<br />
5<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
no. of<br />
covered<br />
<strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
248.796 153.634 95.162<br />
45,332 32,735 12.597<br />
150.149 77.217 72.932<br />
86.310 64.080 22.230<br />
rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of dr<strong>in</strong>kable 2 km of 12.337 12.337 0.000<br />
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water supply systems <strong>in</strong> the<br />
floods damaged areas<br />
Sewerage <strong>in</strong> centralized<br />
system <strong>in</strong> rural areas<br />
from which:<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> of new sewerage<br />
works<br />
extensi<strong>on</strong> and/or<br />
modernizati<strong>on</strong><br />
rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of sewerage<br />
systems <strong>in</strong> floods damaged<br />
areas<br />
Works for floods<br />
preventi<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
TOTAL 83<br />
4<br />
1<br />
1<br />
2<br />
0<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
12.010 0.000 12.010<br />
no. of<br />
covered 8,327 0.000 8,327<br />
<strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e 5.000 0.000 5.000<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e 0.910 0.000 0.910<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km of<br />
pipel<strong>in</strong>e 6.100 0.000 6.100<br />
l<strong>in</strong>es<br />
km 0.000 0.000 0.000<br />
ha 0.000 0.000 0.000<br />
II. 4.4 Measure 3.1 “Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs”<br />
As a result of the approved <strong>in</strong>vestments for this measure, <strong>in</strong> the feasibility studies<br />
for the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects the follow<strong>in</strong>g capacities are provided (Tables II.13 and<br />
II.14):<br />
• Moderniz<strong>in</strong>g or build<strong>in</strong>g 909 stables and other build<strong>in</strong>gs with<strong>in</strong> the farm,<br />
namely 5 stables and other c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s with<strong>in</strong> farms for the projects<br />
affected by natural disasters;<br />
• Moderniz<strong>in</strong>g of 16 greenhouses <strong>on</strong> a surface of 1.432 ha and build<strong>in</strong>g 79<br />
new greenhouse <strong>on</strong> a surface of 20.299 ha;<br />
• Procurement of 8,414 mach<strong>in</strong>ery or equipment, from which 99% are<br />
tractors, comb<strong>in</strong>es and other equipment, namely the procurement of 244 of<br />
mach<strong>in</strong>es and equipment for the projects affected by natural disasters;<br />
• Procurement of 9,894 heads of animals with high quality genetic value;<br />
• Sett<strong>in</strong>g up or moderniz<strong>in</strong>g of 739.003 ha of orchards and 1,003.130 ha<br />
v<strong>in</strong>eyards.<br />
Table II.13 – Projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
Number Reference unit for approved<br />
Investment type<br />
of<br />
approved Measure<br />
projects<br />
Amount/Area<br />
projects unit number ha<br />
C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s 356 pieces 1,004 211.834<br />
Out of<br />
which:<br />
Stables for cows/buffaloes 163 pieces 324 37.422<br />
Pig fatten<strong>in</strong>g 73 pieces 284 89.489<br />
Poultry farms 39 pieces 186 55.317<br />
Other stables 20 pieces 69 5.131<br />
Green<br />
houses and<br />
adequate<br />
equipments<br />
Newly built covered area<br />
Modernized covered area<br />
36<br />
8<br />
pieces/ha<br />
pieces/ha<br />
79<br />
16<br />
20.299<br />
1.432<br />
Other c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> farm 17 pieces 46 2.743<br />
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Tools and equipments- <strong>in</strong>dependent 1,404 pieces 8,414 522,408.614<br />
Out of<br />
which:<br />
Tractors, comb<strong>in</strong>e, other equipments 1,381 pieces 8,297 517,278.036<br />
Sewerage/ <strong>in</strong>stallati<strong>on</strong>s for treat<strong>in</strong>g used<br />
water<br />
0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>stallati<strong>on</strong>s 20 pieces 75 5,105.372<br />
Installati<strong>on</strong>s for complex process<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
animal fodder<br />
3 pieces 42 25.205<br />
Septic tank and stable waist platforms 0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of animals with high genetic value 43 heads 9,894 967.005<br />
Milk<strong>in</strong>g cows/buffaloes 28 heads 724 526.730<br />
Out of which: Sw<strong>in</strong>e 1 heads 170 0.000<br />
Sheep/goats 14 heads 9,000 440.275<br />
Agricultural plantati<strong>on</strong>s 64 ha 85 1,742.133<br />
Out of which:<br />
Fruit grow<strong>in</strong>g 35 ha 39 739.003<br />
V<strong>in</strong>eyard 29 ha 46 1,003.130<br />
V<strong>in</strong>eyards nurseries 0 ha 0 0.000<br />
Other 54 - 234 2,188.350<br />
TOTAL 1921<br />
Table II.14 – Projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Number Reference unit for approved<br />
of<br />
projects<br />
Investment type<br />
approved Measure Amount/Area<br />
projects unit number ha<br />
C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s 3 pieces 5 0.192<br />
Out of<br />
which:<br />
Stables for cows/buffaloes 1 pieces 1 0.081<br />
Pig fatten<strong>in</strong>g 0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Poultry farms 0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Other stables 1 pieces 1 0.071<br />
Green<br />
houses and<br />
adequate<br />
equipments<br />
Newly built covered area<br />
Modernized covered area<br />
0<br />
0<br />
pieces/ha<br />
pieces/ha<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0.000<br />
0.000<br />
Other c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> farm 1 pieces 3 0.040<br />
Tools and equipments- <strong>in</strong>dependent 28 pieces 244 7,910.210<br />
Out of<br />
which:<br />
Tractors, comb<strong>in</strong>e, other equipments 28 pieces 244 7,910.210<br />
Sewerage/ <strong>in</strong>stallati<strong>on</strong>s for treat<strong>in</strong>g used<br />
water<br />
0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>stallati<strong>on</strong>s 0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Installati<strong>on</strong>s for complex process<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
animal fodder<br />
0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
Septic tank and stable waist platforms 0 pieces 0 0.000<br />
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Acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of animals with high genetic value 0 heads 0 0.000<br />
Milk<strong>in</strong>g cows/buffaloes 0 heads 0 0.000<br />
Out of which: Sw<strong>in</strong>e 0 heads 0 0.000<br />
Sheep/goats 0 heads 0 0.000<br />
Agricultural plantati<strong>on</strong>s 0 ha 0 0.000<br />
Out of which:<br />
Fruit grow<strong>in</strong>g 0 ha 0 0.000<br />
V<strong>in</strong>eyard 0 ha 0 0.000<br />
V<strong>in</strong>eyards nurseries 0 ha 0 0.000<br />
Other 0 - 0 0.000<br />
TOTAL 31<br />
II. 4.5 Measure 3.4 „Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities<br />
generat<strong>in</strong>g multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come”<br />
After the approval of the <strong>in</strong>vestments for this Measure, <strong>in</strong> feasibility studies, for<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects are menti<strong>on</strong>ed the follow<strong>in</strong>g capacities (Tables II.15 and II.16):<br />
• For the 2 approved projects <strong>on</strong> agricultural services, a number of 6<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong>s and 8 pers<strong>on</strong>s is registered;<br />
• Modernizati<strong>on</strong> or sett<strong>in</strong>g up of adaptati<strong>on</strong> places of 10,246 beds <strong>in</strong> rural<br />
tourism, as well as 50 beds for the projects affected by natural disasters<br />
and 1,284 <strong>in</strong> other type of tourist activities <strong>in</strong> rural area;<br />
• Involvement <strong>in</strong> handicraft activities of 164 artisans;<br />
• Produc<strong>in</strong>g and process<strong>in</strong>g of about 1,020.744 t<strong>on</strong>es of aquaculture products,<br />
520.154 t<strong>on</strong>es of snails and frogs, 2,169.600 kg of sericulture products,<br />
1,366.897 t<strong>on</strong>es of bee-keep<strong>in</strong>g products, 3,842.384 t<strong>on</strong>es of mushrooms,<br />
2,628.720 t<strong>on</strong>es wild berry fruits and wild berry bushes and 335.100 t<strong>on</strong>es of<br />
medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plants-process<strong>in</strong>g;<br />
• Process<strong>in</strong>g at farm level of the traditi<strong>on</strong>al products certified of 38,607.000<br />
hl/year and of 196.000 t<strong>on</strong>e/year.<br />
Table II.15 – Projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Number of Reference unit for approved projects<br />
approved projects<br />
Measure Unit Amount<br />
Agricultural services 2<br />
no of organisati<strong>on</strong>s 6<br />
no of pers<strong>on</strong>s 8<br />
Rural tourism 643 no of beds 10,246<br />
Other types of tourist activities <strong>in</strong><br />
rural area<br />
64 no of beds 1,284<br />
Handicraft activities 18 no of artisans 164<br />
Aquaculture 17 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 1,020.744<br />
Snails and frogs 88 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 520.154<br />
Sericulture 1 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 2,169.600<br />
Bee-keep<strong>in</strong>g 214 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 1,366.897<br />
Mushrooms 24 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 3,842.384<br />
Fruit of berries and bush fruits<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
6 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 2,628.720<br />
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Medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plantsprocess<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g at farm's level of the<br />
certified traditi<strong>on</strong>al and/ or organic<br />
products<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g of organic products 0<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g of traditi<strong>on</strong>al products 1<br />
TOTAL 1,080<br />
2 t<strong>on</strong>nes/year 335.100<br />
1<br />
hl/ year 38,607.000<br />
t<strong>on</strong>nes/year 196.000<br />
hl/ year 0.000<br />
t<strong>on</strong>nes/year 0.000<br />
hl/ year 38,607.000<br />
t<strong>on</strong>nes/year 196.000<br />
Table II.16 – Projects affected by natural disasters<br />
Acti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Number of Reference unit for approved projects<br />
approved projects<br />
Measure Unit Amount<br />
Agricultural services 0<br />
no of organisati<strong>on</strong>s 0<br />
no of pers<strong>on</strong>s 0<br />
Rural tourism 3 no of beds 50<br />
Other types of tourist activities <strong>in</strong><br />
rural area<br />
0 no of beds 0<br />
Handicraft activities 0 no of artisans 0<br />
Aquaculture 0 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 0.00<br />
Snails and frogs 0 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 0.00<br />
Sericulture 0 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 0.00<br />
Bee-keep<strong>in</strong>g 0 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 0.00<br />
Mushrooms 0 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 0.00<br />
Fruit of berries and bush fruits<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
0 t<strong>on</strong>es/year 0.00<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plantsprocess<strong>in</strong>g<br />
0 t<strong>on</strong>nes/year 0.00<br />
TOTAL 3<br />
II. 4.6 Measure 3.5 „Forestry”<br />
The capacities for the approved projects provided to be achieved under this measure<br />
are presented <strong>in</strong> the table below:<br />
Measures<br />
Table II.17<br />
Reference unit for the approved<br />
Number of<br />
projects 2<br />
approved<br />
projects Measurement unit Quantity<br />
Afforestati<strong>on</strong><br />
private 3<br />
public 0<br />
ha 115.000<br />
thousand piece 468<br />
ha 0.000<br />
thousand piece 0<br />
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Nurseries 1 ha 4.500<br />
Investments for improvement the wood primary<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of forestry products 34<br />
Forestry roads, out of which<br />
No. of piece,<br />
equipment,<br />
mach<strong>in</strong>es<br />
207<br />
m 3 /year 736,251.000<br />
private 1 km 20.700<br />
public 75 km 594.415<br />
Equipment number 0.000<br />
Management of woods 0 C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
numbers<br />
0.000<br />
0 Members number 0.000<br />
Associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Out of which<br />
of the forest 0 Equipment number 0.000<br />
owners<br />
C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
0<br />
numbers<br />
0.000<br />
TOTAL 114<br />
II. 5 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the differences between Regi<strong>on</strong>s/Measures/Sub-Measures<br />
found <strong>in</strong> the projects implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
At the end of 2008, the total amount committed is 1,400.512 milli<strong>on</strong> euro for the entire<br />
Programme, respectively a commitment rate of 92.05% <strong>in</strong> comparis<strong>on</strong> with 2000 –<br />
2006 allocati<strong>on</strong>s (Table II.18).<br />
As regards the executed payments, by 31 st of December 2008, the total amount is<br />
1,278.744 milli<strong>on</strong> euro, respectively a c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> rate of 84.05% <strong>in</strong> comparis<strong>on</strong> with<br />
2000 – 2006 allocati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
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Allocated/committed/paid amounts under SAPARD Programme at 31.12.2008<br />
Table II.18<br />
EURO<br />
Measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000-2006<br />
Committed amount<br />
(31.12.2008)<br />
Commitment<br />
rate % out of<br />
allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000-2006<br />
Paid amount<br />
(31.12.2008)<br />
Commitment<br />
rate % out of<br />
allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000-2006<br />
1.1 Process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g 379,513,279.37 351,458,474.07 92.61 340,682,877.76 89.77<br />
1.2 Improv<strong>in</strong>g new c<strong>on</strong>trol structures 37,791,593.33 36,103,520.61 95.53 17,853,207.98 47.24<br />
2.1 Infrastructure 678,160,438.67 633,128,822.81 93.36 578,747,114.10 85.34<br />
3.1 Agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs 259,072,564.55 238,506,378.09 92.06 229,412,305.88 88.55<br />
3.2 Producer groups 1,000,000.00 85,896.06 8.59 29,372.98 2.94<br />
3.3 Agro-envir<strong>on</strong>ment 1,849,504.00 216,864.73 11.73 186,720.87 10.10<br />
3.4 Diversificati<strong>on</strong> 84,220,533.41 70,060,061.80 83.19 64,832,277.75 76.98<br />
3.5 Forestry 74,451,006.67 66,676,683.41 89.56 42,547,654.45 57.15<br />
4.1 Vocati<strong>on</strong>al Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 3,949,238.67 2,901,044.70 73.46 3,028,493.43 76.69<br />
4.2 Assistance 1,441,406.25 1,374,497.80 95.36 1,424,016.45 98.79<br />
TOTAL 1,521,449,564.92 1,400,512,244.08 92.05 1,278,744,041.65 84.05<br />
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The executi<strong>on</strong> of payments to the beneficiaries of SAPARD Programme started <strong>in</strong><br />
September 2003, and the progress of the m<strong>on</strong>thly payments executed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
September 2003 – December 2008 is <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> Diagrams below.<br />
Value of payments - Measure 1.1<br />
Diagram II.28<br />
25,00<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
20,00<br />
15,00<br />
10,00<br />
5,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,74<br />
0,56<br />
0,55<br />
1,74<br />
1,05<br />
1,37<br />
1,53<br />
1,99<br />
2,83<br />
2,16<br />
3,21<br />
4,05<br />
3,30<br />
3,45<br />
0,00<br />
4,81<br />
3,67<br />
2,04<br />
1,71<br />
1,05<br />
2,573,73<br />
1,21<br />
2,133,09<br />
1,89<br />
1,67<br />
2,76<br />
2,65<br />
3,87<br />
2,41<br />
3,00<br />
5,24<br />
4,36<br />
4,93<br />
5,17<br />
8,21<br />
9,63<br />
13,28<br />
10,10<br />
8,07<br />
12,71<br />
11,27<br />
10,08<br />
14,59<br />
8,37<br />
13,69<br />
19,17<br />
13,74<br />
15,85<br />
20,77<br />
2,61<br />
2,63<br />
7,36<br />
4,74<br />
4,24<br />
4,68<br />
3,49<br />
September 2003<br />
October 2003<br />
November 2003<br />
December 2003<br />
January 2004<br />
February 2004<br />
March 2004<br />
April 2004<br />
May 2004<br />
June 2004<br />
July 2004<br />
August 2004<br />
September 2004<br />
October 2004<br />
November 2004<br />
December 2004<br />
January 2005<br />
February 2005<br />
March 2005<br />
April 2005<br />
May 2005<br />
June 2005<br />
July 2005<br />
August 2005<br />
September 2005<br />
October 2005<br />
November 2005<br />
December 2005<br />
January 2006<br />
February 2006<br />
March 2006<br />
April 2006<br />
May 2006<br />
June 2006<br />
July 2006<br />
August 2006<br />
September 2006<br />
October 2006<br />
November 2006<br />
December 2006<br />
January 2007<br />
February 2007<br />
March 2007<br />
April 2007<br />
May 2007<br />
June 2007<br />
July 2007<br />
August 2007<br />
September 2007<br />
October 2007<br />
November 2007<br />
December 2007<br />
January 2008<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
April 2008<br />
May 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
October 2008<br />
November 2008<br />
December 2008<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
15,77<br />
8,32<br />
4,82<br />
Value of payments - Measure 1.2<br />
Diagram II.29<br />
9,00<br />
8,00<br />
7,89<br />
7,00<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
6,00<br />
5,00<br />
4,00<br />
3,00<br />
3,87<br />
2,38<br />
2,00<br />
1,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,42<br />
0,00<br />
0,76<br />
0,17<br />
0,00<br />
0,01<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
1,39<br />
0,96<br />
September 2007<br />
October 2007<br />
November 2007<br />
December 2007<br />
January 2008<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
April 2008<br />
May 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
October 2008<br />
November 2008<br />
December 2008<br />
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Value of payments - Measure 2.1<br />
Diagram II.30<br />
60,00<br />
55,69<br />
50,00<br />
Paym ents (m illi<strong>on</strong>s EURO )<br />
40,00<br />
30,00<br />
20,00<br />
10,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,02<br />
0,73<br />
1,68<br />
1,54<br />
1,17<br />
2,15<br />
7,94<br />
4,84<br />
8,51<br />
17,43<br />
36,53<br />
35,46<br />
0,00<br />
28,05<br />
36,00<br />
17,55<br />
8,75<br />
5,69<br />
2,34<br />
4,79<br />
5,12<br />
9,98<br />
10,36<br />
15,52<br />
8,83<br />
12,89<br />
7,22<br />
9,47<br />
8,48<br />
6,76<br />
5,55<br />
4,27<br />
7,04<br />
6,81<br />
4,69<br />
3,98<br />
4,53<br />
2,42<br />
2,52<br />
2,33<br />
2,05<br />
0,78<br />
0,31<br />
0,40<br />
2,81<br />
3,96<br />
8,35<br />
16,00<br />
22,10<br />
6,92<br />
4,58<br />
3,69<br />
4,03<br />
5,849,05<br />
October 2003<br />
November 2003<br />
December 2003<br />
January 2004<br />
February 2004<br />
March 2004<br />
April 2004<br />
May 2004<br />
June 2004<br />
July 2004<br />
August 2004<br />
September 2004<br />
October 2004<br />
November 2004<br />
December 2004<br />
January 2005<br />
February 2005<br />
March 2005<br />
April 2005<br />
May 2005<br />
June 2005<br />
July 2005<br />
August 2005<br />
September 2005<br />
October 2005<br />
November 2005<br />
December 2005<br />
January 2006<br />
February 2006<br />
March 2006<br />
April 2006<br />
May 2006<br />
June 2006<br />
July 2006<br />
August 2006<br />
September 2006<br />
October 2006<br />
November 2006<br />
December 2006<br />
January 2007<br />
February 2007<br />
March 2007<br />
April 2007<br />
May 2007<br />
June 2007<br />
July 2007<br />
August 2007<br />
September 2007<br />
October 2007<br />
November 2007<br />
December 2007<br />
January 2008<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
April 2008<br />
May 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
October 2008<br />
November 2008<br />
December 2008<br />
4,18<br />
40,67<br />
17,01<br />
10,39<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
Diagram II.31<br />
Value of payments - Measure 3.1<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
16,00<br />
14,00<br />
12,00<br />
10,00<br />
8,00<br />
6,00<br />
4,00<br />
2,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,41<br />
0,44<br />
0,93<br />
0,00<br />
1,38<br />
1,98<br />
0,99<br />
0,89<br />
0,58<br />
0,94<br />
1,46<br />
1,97<br />
August 2004<br />
October 2004<br />
December 2004<br />
February 2005<br />
April 2005<br />
June 2005<br />
3,13<br />
3,45<br />
3,65<br />
2,90<br />
3,73<br />
August 2005<br />
October 2005<br />
December 2005<br />
2,06<br />
3,12<br />
February 2006<br />
1,62<br />
2,17<br />
April 2006<br />
2,91<br />
5,41<br />
6,02<br />
June 2006<br />
11,09<br />
August 2006<br />
13,91<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
11,80<br />
October 2006<br />
15,06<br />
9,70<br />
December 2006<br />
11,99<br />
7,91<br />
February 2007<br />
6,00<br />
5,83<br />
April 2007<br />
7,82<br />
5,78<br />
June 2007<br />
6,69<br />
7,58<br />
August 2007<br />
8,66<br />
5,00<br />
October 2007<br />
9,11<br />
2,59<br />
December 2007<br />
0,86<br />
2,39<br />
2,13<br />
February 2008<br />
3,53<br />
3,65<br />
April 2008<br />
1,07<br />
June 2008<br />
10,85<br />
4,19<br />
November 2008<br />
2,08<br />
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Value of payments - Measure 3.2<br />
Diagram II.32<br />
0,03<br />
0,02<br />
0,02<br />
0,02<br />
0,01<br />
0,01<br />
0,01<br />
0,00<br />
January 2008<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
April 2008<br />
May 2008<br />
0,00<br />
June 2008<br />
0,00<br />
October 2008<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
November 2008<br />
December 2008<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
Diagram II.33<br />
Value of payments - Measure 3.3<br />
0,18<br />
0,17<br />
0,16<br />
0,14<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
0,12<br />
0,10<br />
0,08<br />
0,06<br />
0,04<br />
0,02<br />
0,00<br />
0,01<br />
0,01<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
September 2007<br />
0,00<br />
October 2007<br />
0,00<br />
November 2007<br />
0,00<br />
December 2007<br />
0,00<br />
January 2008<br />
0,00<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
0,00<br />
April 2008<br />
May 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
October 2008<br />
November 2008<br />
December 2008<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
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Value of payments - Measure 3.4<br />
Diagram II.34<br />
6,00<br />
0,04<br />
0,00<br />
0,18<br />
0,31<br />
0,27<br />
0,26<br />
0,13<br />
0,30<br />
0,49<br />
0,33<br />
0,44<br />
0,40<br />
0,55<br />
0,50<br />
0,92<br />
0,63<br />
0,98<br />
0,89<br />
0,61<br />
0,75<br />
0,61<br />
5,35<br />
5,00<br />
Paym ents (m illi<strong>on</strong>s EURO )<br />
4,00<br />
3,00<br />
2,00<br />
1,00<br />
0,00<br />
October 2004<br />
December 2004<br />
February 2005<br />
April 2005<br />
June 2005<br />
August 2005<br />
October 2005<br />
December 2005<br />
February 2006<br />
April 2006<br />
June 2006<br />
2,34<br />
1,33<br />
1,39<br />
1,53<br />
August 2006<br />
October 2006<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
2,08<br />
1,79<br />
1,94<br />
2,30<br />
December 2006<br />
February 2007<br />
2,62<br />
1,67<br />
April 2007<br />
2,39<br />
1,83<br />
June 2007<br />
3,12<br />
2,87<br />
August 2007<br />
2,62<br />
2,64<br />
October 2007<br />
4,28<br />
2,22<br />
December 2007<br />
1,22<br />
1,40<br />
1,06<br />
0,92<br />
1,01<br />
0,83<br />
February 2008<br />
April 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
1,68<br />
November 2008<br />
0,81<br />
Value of payments - Measure 3.5<br />
Diagram II.35<br />
16,00<br />
15,16<br />
14,00<br />
12,00<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
10,00<br />
8,00<br />
6,00<br />
4,00<br />
3,05<br />
8,75<br />
6,50<br />
2,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,01<br />
February 2007<br />
0,55<br />
0,86<br />
0,44<br />
March 2007<br />
0,42<br />
April 2007<br />
1,64<br />
May 2007<br />
0,72<br />
June 2007<br />
0,55<br />
July 2007<br />
0,24<br />
August 2007<br />
0,82<br />
September 2007<br />
0,56<br />
October 2007<br />
0,07<br />
November 2007<br />
0,55<br />
December 2007<br />
0,27<br />
0,22<br />
1,18<br />
January 2008<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
April 2008<br />
May 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
October 2008<br />
November 2008<br />
December 2008<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
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Value of payments - Measure 4.1<br />
Diagram II.36<br />
0,60<br />
0,56<br />
0,55<br />
0,50<br />
0,50<br />
0,40<br />
0,30<br />
0,20<br />
0,31<br />
0,32<br />
0,27<br />
0,29<br />
0,13<br />
0,10<br />
0,05<br />
0,05<br />
0,00<br />
January 2007<br />
February 2007<br />
March 2007<br />
April 2007<br />
May 2007<br />
June 2007<br />
July 2007<br />
August 2007<br />
September 2007<br />
October 2007<br />
November 2007<br />
December 2007<br />
January 2008<br />
February 2008<br />
March 2008<br />
0,00<br />
April 2008<br />
0,00<br />
May 2008<br />
0,00<br />
June 2008<br />
0,00<br />
October 2008<br />
0,00<br />
November 2008<br />
0,00<br />
December 2008<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
Diagram II.37<br />
Value of payments - Measure 4.2<br />
0,30<br />
0,05<br />
0,21<br />
0,26<br />
0,25<br />
Payments (milli<strong>on</strong>s EURO)<br />
0,20<br />
0,15<br />
0,10<br />
0,08<br />
0,16<br />
0,13<br />
0,15<br />
0,09<br />
0,12<br />
0,07<br />
0,05<br />
0,04<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
August 2004<br />
October 2004<br />
December 2004<br />
February 2005<br />
0,01<br />
0,01<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
April 2005<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,01<br />
0,00<br />
June 2005<br />
August 2005<br />
October 2005<br />
December 2005<br />
February 2006<br />
April 2006<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,02<br />
June 2006<br />
August 2006<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
October 2006<br />
December 2006<br />
February 2007<br />
April 2007<br />
June 2007<br />
August 2007<br />
October 2007<br />
December 2007<br />
February 2008<br />
April 2008<br />
June 2008<br />
November 2008<br />
M<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
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An analysis of the implement<strong>in</strong>g stage of the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects shows that out of<br />
4,549 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects under the accredited measure, 3,965 projects have been<br />
f<strong>in</strong>alised.<br />
On 31 st of December 2008, the distributi<strong>on</strong> of the 4,549 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects (hav<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
total public value of 5,087,091,538.668 LEI, represent<strong>in</strong>g 1,400,512,244.099 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro) under measures 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 .41 and 4.2 is as follows:<br />
- 469 projects under Measure 1.1;<br />
- 20 projects under Measure 1.2;<br />
- 845 projects under Measure 2.1;<br />
- 1,952 projects under Measure 3.1;<br />
- 4 projects under Measure 3.2;<br />
- 47 projects under Measure 3.3;<br />
- 1,083 projects under Measure 3.4;<br />
- 114 projects under Measure 3.5;<br />
- 5 projects under Measure 4.1;<br />
- 10 projects under measure 4.2.<br />
The 3,965 f<strong>in</strong>alised projects are divided <strong>on</strong> measures as follows:<br />
− 430 projects under Measure 1.1;<br />
− 6 projects under Measure 1.2;<br />
− 749 projects under Measure 2.1;<br />
− 1,807 projects under Measure 3.1;<br />
− 902 projects under Measure 3.4;<br />
− 56 projects under Measure 3.5;<br />
− 5 projects under Measure 4.1;<br />
− 10 projects under Measure 4.2.<br />
Out of the 1,521.450 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong> under AFA<br />
2000 -2006 related to the accredited measures f<strong>in</strong>anced with<strong>in</strong> SAPARD Programme,<br />
the status of the committed amounts and executed payments is the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
• Value of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects - 1,400.512 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro;<br />
• Value of executed payments - 1,278.744 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
The analysis of the exist<strong>in</strong>g commitments shows that 45% of the total committed<br />
amount (1,400.512 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro) is represented by commitments under measure 2.1,<br />
with a value of 633.129 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
A comparis<strong>on</strong> of the status of the sub-measures implemented under SAPARD<br />
Programme, we may po<strong>in</strong>t out that the highest attractiveness is focused <strong>on</strong> the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g sub-measures:<br />
• Meat, meat products and eggs (203 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects) – measure 1.1;<br />
• Milk and dairy products (92 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects) – measure 1.1;<br />
• Field crops (1,217 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects) – measure 3.1;<br />
• Milk<strong>in</strong>g animals (232 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects) – measure 3.1;<br />
• Rural tourism (646 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects) – measure 3.4;<br />
• Other activities (335 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects) – measure 3.4.<br />
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A synthesis of the stage of the measures under implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania, until the<br />
end of 2008, shows that the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted amount of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts under<br />
Measure 1.1 “The Improvement of process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fishery products” was 351.458 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e 25% out of the total amount of<br />
PARDF’s commitments.<br />
For the 469 c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects under Measure 1.1, payments of a total amount of<br />
1,198,020.714 thousand LEI, i.e. 340.683 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (Table II.20) – 96.93% of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 89.77% of the NPARD allocati<strong>on</strong>s for 2000 – 2006 were<br />
authorized and executed.<br />
The situati<strong>on</strong> of the commitments and payments <strong>on</strong> sub-measures with<strong>in</strong> Measure<br />
1.1 is presented <strong>in</strong> tables II.19 and II.20.<br />
Table II.19<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 1.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Euro<br />
Commitment<br />
rate %<br />
2000-2006<br />
Meat products and eggs 23 87,288,054.26 183,345,118.92 210.05<br />
Milk and milk products 23 87,288,054.26 49,124,045.52 56.28<br />
Cereals 10 37,951,327.94 42,532,635.45 112.07<br />
Oil seads 3 11,385,398.38 3,104,913.10 27.27<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e 9 34,156,195.14 29,860,511.78 87.42<br />
Fruits, vegetables and<br />
potatoes<br />
16 60,722,124.70 32,337,514.66 53.25<br />
Fish and fishery products 6 22,770,796.76 10,485,589.31 46.05<br />
Sugar 4 15,180,531.17 0.00 0.00<br />
Textile Plants 6 22,770,796.76 668,145.32 2.93<br />
TOTAL 100 379,513,279.37 351,458,474.07 92.61<br />
Table II.20<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 1.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000 – 2006<br />
Value of executed<br />
payments<br />
Euro<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
rate %<br />
2000-2006<br />
Meat products and eggs 23 87,288,054.26 176,635,540.50 202.36<br />
Milk and milk products 23 87,288,054.26 49,986,050.02 57.27<br />
Cereals 10 37,951,327.94 37,969,966.73 100.05<br />
Oil seads 3 11,385,398.38 3,470,690.76 30.48<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e 9 34,156,195.14 29,703,510.57 86.96<br />
Fruits, vegetables and<br />
potatoes<br />
16 60,722,124.70 31,692,369.84 52.19<br />
Fish and fishery products 6 22,770,796.76 10,497,995.56 46.10<br />
Sugar 4 15,180,531.17 0.00 0.00<br />
Textile Plants 6 22,770,796.76 726,753.80 3.19<br />
TOTAL 100 379,513,279.37 340,682,877.76 89.77<br />
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As regards the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the projects not affected by floods under<br />
Measure 1.1, Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Alba Iulia and Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 South East has the highest rate,<br />
namely 17.38% of all the projects approved under this measure, Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 North East<br />
has approximately 15.88% of the approved projects and Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 South Muntenia<br />
has 15.24%. In c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>, these four regi<strong>on</strong>s hold 65.88% of the total approved<br />
projects which could be expla<strong>in</strong>ed by the fact that these regi<strong>on</strong>s are traditi<strong>on</strong>al areas<br />
for milk and meat producti<strong>on</strong>. The milk and meat sectors are prevalent sectors out of<br />
the total amount of approved projects under Measure 1.1. The regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the projects approved under Measure 1.1 is presented <strong>in</strong> Diagram II.38.<br />
Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 1.1 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
Diagram II.38<br />
90<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
250,00<br />
80<br />
70<br />
74<br />
81<br />
214,26<br />
71<br />
81<br />
211,86<br />
200,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
173,55<br />
187,38<br />
93,18<br />
29<br />
155,22<br />
44<br />
58<br />
113,99<br />
98,79<br />
28<br />
150,00<br />
100,00<br />
C om m itted am ounts (M illi<strong>on</strong>s R O N )<br />
20<br />
50,00<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong>3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
0,00<br />
As regards the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the projects affected by natural disasters for<br />
Measure 1.1, Diagram II.39 is presented below.<br />
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Diagram II.39<br />
Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 1.1 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
1,2<br />
12,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
10,62<br />
10,57<br />
1<br />
10,00<br />
1 1<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
0,8<br />
0,6<br />
0,4<br />
1<br />
8,00<br />
6,00<br />
4,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
0,2<br />
0<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1,11<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong>3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
2,00<br />
0,00<br />
As regards Measure 1.2 „Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary and<br />
plant heath-c<strong>on</strong>trol, for the quality of food stuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>”<br />
the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects was of 36.104 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, namely 2.58% out of the<br />
total PARDF commitments.<br />
As regards the 20 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 1.2, payments were authorized<br />
and executed <strong>in</strong> total amount of 65,668.548 thousand LEI, represent<strong>in</strong>g 17.853<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> Euro – 49.45% from the c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 47.24% from the allocati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
NPARD 2000-2006.<br />
The situati<strong>on</strong> of the commitments and payments <strong>on</strong> sub-measures with<strong>in</strong> Measure<br />
1.2 is presented <strong>in</strong> tables II.21 and II.22.<br />
Table II.21<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 1.2 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment<br />
rate %<br />
2002-2006<br />
Sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol - - 31,957,733.47 84.56<br />
Plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trol - - 2,498,202.44 6.61<br />
Food stuffs quality c<strong>on</strong>trol - - 1,647,584.70 4.36<br />
TOTAL 100 37.791.593,33 36,103,520.61 95.53<br />
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Table II.22<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 1.2 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of executed<br />
payments<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
rate %<br />
2002-2006<br />
Sanitary-veter<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol - - 14,921,349.10 39.48<br />
Plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trol - - 1,312,027.77 3.47<br />
Food stuffs quality c<strong>on</strong>trol - - 1,619,831.10 4.29<br />
TOTAL 100 37.791.593,33 17,853,207.98 47.24<br />
As regards the distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>s of projects under Measure 1.2, the highest<br />
number of projects was registered <strong>in</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong> 8 Bucharest – Iflov, namely 20% of the<br />
total number of projects approved <strong>on</strong> this measure, Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Nord – East has<br />
approximately 15% of all the projects approved under this measure and Regi<strong>on</strong> 7<br />
Alba Iulia registered 15% of the total number of projects approved <strong>on</strong> the same<br />
measure (each of them has 3 approved projects). In c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>, these three regi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
hold 50% of the total approved projects under this measure.<br />
The regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the approved projects under Measure 1.2 is presented<br />
<strong>in</strong> Diagram II.40.<br />
Diagram II.40<br />
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Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 1.2 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
4,5<br />
25,00<br />
4<br />
3,5<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
20,61<br />
19,95<br />
23,20<br />
4<br />
20,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
3<br />
2,5<br />
2<br />
1,5<br />
3<br />
14,18<br />
2<br />
2<br />
14,14<br />
2<br />
12,65<br />
13,07<br />
2<br />
11,62<br />
2<br />
3<br />
15,00<br />
10,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
1<br />
5,00<br />
0,5<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong>3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
0,00<br />
As regards Measure 2.1 „Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure”,<br />
the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted amount of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts was of 633.129 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e 45.21%<br />
out of the total amount of PARDF’s commitments.<br />
At the end of 2008, the overall value of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts under this Measure mean<strong>in</strong>g<br />
633.129 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro as compared to the amount allocated by AFA 2000 – 2006<br />
represents a commitment rate of 93.36% (Table II.23).<br />
For the 845 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 2.1, payments of a total amount of<br />
2,174,805.375 thousand LEI i.e. 578.747 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (Table II.24) – 91.41% of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 85.34% of the NPARD allocati<strong>on</strong>s for 2000 – 2006 were<br />
authorized and executed.<br />
Table II.23<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 2.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment<br />
rate %<br />
2000-2006<br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas 50 339,080,219.17 339,882,909.91 100.24<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply<br />
through rural area district 35 237,356,153.42 187,123,263.33 78.84<br />
networks<br />
District system sewage <strong>in</strong><br />
rural areas<br />
9,6 65,103,402.08 76,347,512.60 117.27<br />
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Works of preventi<strong>on</strong> and<br />
protecti<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st floods<br />
5,4 36,620,663.67 29,775,136.97 81.31<br />
TOTAL 100 678,160,438.33 633,128,822.81 93.36<br />
Table II.24<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 2.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
executed<br />
payments<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
rate %<br />
2000-2006<br />
Roads <strong>in</strong> rural areas 50 339,080,219.17 314,117,719.05 92.64<br />
Dr<strong>in</strong>kable water supply<br />
through rural area district 35 237,356,153.42 170,772,141.99 71.95<br />
networks<br />
District system sewage <strong>in</strong><br />
rural areas<br />
9,6 65,103,402.08 71,321,797.55 109.55<br />
Works of preventi<strong>on</strong> and<br />
protecti<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st floods<br />
5,4 36,620,663.67 22,535,455.52 61.54<br />
TOTAL 100 678,160,438.33 578,747,114.10 85.34<br />
In terms of the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the projects not affected by natural disasters<br />
approved for this measure, 3 regi<strong>on</strong>s, namely Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 North East Iasi (26.64%),<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 South East C<strong>on</strong>stanta (16.40%) and Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 South Muntenia Targoviste<br />
19.29%) have 62.33% of the total percentage of the approved projects under this<br />
measure.<br />
The regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the approved projects under Measure 2.1 is presented<br />
<strong>in</strong> Diagram II.41.<br />
Diagram II.41<br />
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Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 2.1 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
250<br />
600,00<br />
570,30<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
203<br />
318,89<br />
125<br />
420,09<br />
147<br />
104<br />
264,03<br />
151,17<br />
177,14<br />
182,33<br />
500,00<br />
400,00<br />
300,00<br />
200,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
50<br />
56<br />
59<br />
61<br />
100,00<br />
0<br />
22,74<br />
7<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
0,00<br />
As regards the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of approved projects affected by natural disasters<br />
under this measure, two regi<strong>on</strong>s, respectively, Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 North – East Iasi and Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
3 South Muntenia have approximately 20.48% of the total number of approved<br />
projects affected by natural disasters, while Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 South – West Oltenia has<br />
19.28%. In c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>, these three regi<strong>on</strong>s hold 60.24% of the total approved<br />
projects affected by natural disasters.<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the approved projects under measure 2.1 is presented <strong>in</strong><br />
Diagram II.42.<br />
Diagram II.42<br />
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Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 2.1 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
18<br />
16<br />
17<br />
44,70<br />
17<br />
47,41<br />
16<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
50,00<br />
45,00<br />
14<br />
42,48<br />
40,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
12<br />
22,26<br />
8<br />
22,51<br />
9<br />
23,01<br />
35,00<br />
30,00<br />
25,00<br />
20,00<br />
15,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
4<br />
3<br />
10,00<br />
2<br />
1<br />
8,11<br />
5,00<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
3,52<br />
0,00<br />
With<strong>in</strong> Measure 3.1 „Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural hold<strong>in</strong>gs”, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
amount of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts was 238.506 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e 17.03% out of the total<br />
amount of PARDF’s commitments.<br />
For the 1,952 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.1, payments of a total amount<br />
of 800,831.047 thousand LEI i.e. 229.412 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (Table II.26) – 96.19% of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 88.55% of the NPARD allocati<strong>on</strong>s for 2002 – 2006 were<br />
authorized and executed.<br />
The situati<strong>on</strong> of the commitments and payments executed under each sub-measure<br />
with<strong>in</strong> this measure is showed <strong>in</strong> Tables II.25 and II.26<br />
Table II.25<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 3.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment<br />
rate %<br />
2002- 2006<br />
Field crops 19 49,223,787.26 111,454,486.78 226.42<br />
Horticulture (out of which<br />
1.5% from the flower sector)<br />
8 20,725,805.16 2,998,136.86 14.47<br />
V<strong>in</strong>eyard 8 20,725,805.16 7,953,808.01 38.38<br />
Fruit tree farm<strong>in</strong>g 8 20,725,805.16 5,216,312.30 25.17<br />
Green Houses 4 10,362,902.58 5,333,991.00 51.47<br />
Milk animal farm<strong>in</strong>g 14 36,270,159.04 32,089,824.42 88.47<br />
Cattle bread<strong>in</strong>g and fatten<strong>in</strong>g 14 36,270,159.04 4,344,455.60 11.98<br />
Goats and sheep fatten<strong>in</strong>g 3 7,772,176.94 4,300,602.36 55.33<br />
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Young rams fatten<strong>in</strong>g 3 7,772,176.94 2,156,111.88 27.74<br />
Sw<strong>in</strong>e 10 25,907,256.45 31,931,424.44 123.25<br />
Poultry 5 12,953,628.23 27,745,554.10 214.19<br />
Other type of vegetable,<br />
animals and poultry farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
4 10,362,902.58 2,981,670.34 28.77<br />
TOTAL 100 259,072,564.55 238,506,378.09 92.06<br />
Table II.26<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 3.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
% out of<br />
Value of C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
Submeasure<br />
the<br />
executed<br />
rate %<br />
2002 – 2006<br />
measure<br />
payments 2002-2006<br />
Field crops 19 49,223,787.26 112,854,925.39 229.27<br />
Horticulture 8 20,725,805.16 3,138,607.69 15.14<br />
V<strong>in</strong>eyard 8 20,725,805.16 7,738,594.07 37.34<br />
Fruit tree farm<strong>in</strong>g 8 20,725,805.16 5,333,212.16 25.73<br />
Green Houses 4 10,362,902.58 5,562,994.42 53.68<br />
Milk animal farm<strong>in</strong>g 14 36,270,159.04 29,078,426.47 80.17<br />
Cattle bread<strong>in</strong>g and fatten<strong>in</strong>g 14 36,270,159.04 3,161,876.46 8.72<br />
Goats and sheep fatten<strong>in</strong>g 3 7,772,176.94 2,722,554.48 35.03<br />
Young rams fatten<strong>in</strong>g 3 7,772,176.94 1,956,771.00 25.18<br />
Sw<strong>in</strong>e 10 25,907,256.45 28,493,785.05 109.98<br />
Poultry 5 12,953,628.23 26,407,869.87 203.86<br />
Other type of vegetable,<br />
animals and poultry farm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
4 10,362,902.58 2,962,688.82 28.59<br />
TOTAL 100 259,072,564.55 229,412,305.88 88.55<br />
As regards the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of projects not affected by natural disasters under<br />
measure 3.1, Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 South – East has the greatest rate, namely 24.78% out of the<br />
projects approved <strong>on</strong> this measure, Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 South – Muntenia has o rate of<br />
approximately 19.05% out of the total number of approved projects, and Regi<strong>on</strong> 1<br />
North – East Iasi has 16.09%. Thus, these three regi<strong>on</strong>s have 59.92% out of the total<br />
approved projects. This aspect can be expla<strong>in</strong>ed by the fact that these regi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude areas with milk producti<strong>on</strong> traditi<strong>on</strong>s. These regi<strong>on</strong>s are also best represented<br />
as regards the total number of projects approved under measure 1.1.<br />
Diagram II.43 shows the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the projects under measure 3.1.<br />
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Diagram II.43<br />
500<br />
476<br />
250,00<br />
450<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
400<br />
191,34<br />
200,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
309<br />
125,60<br />
164,83<br />
366<br />
61,65<br />
218<br />
95,40<br />
242<br />
107,35<br />
76,18<br />
167<br />
150,00<br />
100,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
100<br />
122<br />
50,00<br />
50<br />
12,01<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
21<br />
0,00<br />
As c<strong>on</strong>cerns the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of projects affected by natural disasters under<br />
measure 3.1, Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 West – Romania has the highest rate, namely 74.19% out of<br />
the total number of projects approved under this measure.<br />
Diagram II.44 shows the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of projects under measure 3.1.<br />
Diagram II.44<br />
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Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 3.1 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
25<br />
18,77<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
20,00<br />
18,00<br />
20<br />
23<br />
16,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
15<br />
10<br />
14,00<br />
12,00<br />
10,00<br />
8,00<br />
6,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
5<br />
2,64<br />
3,07<br />
4,00<br />
0<br />
2<br />
3<br />
0,00<br />
0,16<br />
0,00<br />
0,83<br />
0<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0,00 0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
As regards Measure 3.2 “Sett<strong>in</strong>g up producers groups”, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
was of 0.086 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, namely 0.01% from the total of PARDF’s commitments.<br />
For the 4 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.2, payments of a total amount of<br />
108.251 thousand LEI i.e. 0.029 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (Table II.28) – 34.20% of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 2.94% of the NPARD allocati<strong>on</strong>s for 2002 – 2006 were<br />
authorized and executed.<br />
The situati<strong>on</strong> of the commitments and payments executed under each sub-measure<br />
with<strong>in</strong> this measure is showed <strong>in</strong> Tables II.27 and II.28.<br />
Table II.27<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 3.2 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
2,00<br />
0,00<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2005 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment rate<br />
%<br />
2005- 2006<br />
Cereals and Technical Plants - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plants - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Specialized crops (tobacco,<br />
hops)<br />
- - 0.00 0.00<br />
Vegetables and Potatoes - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Fruits, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g grapes - - 0.00 0.00<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e grapes - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Mushrooms - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Flowers and decorative plants - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Milk - - 75,114.60 7.51<br />
Meat - - 0.00 0.00<br />
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Eggs for c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> - - 0.00 0.00<br />
H<strong>on</strong>ey and beekeep<strong>in</strong>g products - - 10,781.46 1.08<br />
Fishery Products - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Forestry Products - - 0.00 0.00<br />
TOTAL 100 1,000,000.00 85,896.06 8.59<br />
Table II.28<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 3.2 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2005 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
executed<br />
payments<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> rate<br />
% 2005-2006<br />
Cereals and Technical Plants - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic plants - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Specialized crops (tobacco,<br />
hops)<br />
- - 0.00 0.00<br />
Vegetables and Potatoes - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Fruits, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g grapes - - 0.00 0.00<br />
W<strong>in</strong>e grapes - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Mushrooms - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Flowers and decorative plants - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Milk - - 29,372.98 2.94<br />
Meat - - 0.00 0,00<br />
Eggs for c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> - - 0.00 0,00<br />
H<strong>on</strong>ey and beekeep<strong>in</strong>g<br />
products<br />
- - 0.00 0.00<br />
Fishery Products - - 0.00 0.00<br />
Forestry Products - - 0.00 0.00<br />
TOTAL 100 1,000,000.00 29,372.98 2.94<br />
As regards the distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>s of projects under Measure 3.2, the highest<br />
number of projects was registered <strong>in</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Alba Iulia, namely 75% of the total<br />
number of projects approved <strong>on</strong> this measure.<br />
The distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>s of projects under Measure 3.2 is given <strong>in</strong> Diagram II.45.<br />
Diagram II.45<br />
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Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 3.2 Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
3,5<br />
0,30<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
3<br />
3<br />
0,25<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
2,5<br />
2<br />
1,5<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0,27<br />
0,20<br />
0,15<br />
0,10<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
0,5<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0,04<br />
0,00 0,00<br />
0,00 0,00 0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0<br />
0 0 0<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
0,05<br />
0,00<br />
As regards Measure 3.3 “Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong> methods designed to protect the<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the countryside” the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 0.217<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> Euro from the total of PARDF’s commitments, namely 0.02% of the total<br />
number of projects approved <strong>on</strong> this measure.<br />
For the 47 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.3 payments were authorized and<br />
executed <strong>in</strong> value of 630.189 thousand LEI, represent<strong>in</strong>g 0.187 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro – 86.10%<br />
from the c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 10.10% from the allocati<strong>on</strong>s of NPARD 2000-2006.<br />
The situati<strong>on</strong> of the commitments and payments executed under each sub-measure<br />
with<strong>in</strong> this measure is showed <strong>in</strong> Tables II.29 and II.30.<br />
Table II.29<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 3.3 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2005 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment<br />
rate % 2005-<br />
2006<br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of soil and<br />
protecti<strong>on</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st erosi<strong>on</strong><br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of biodiversity by<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al agriculture methods<br />
40 739,801.60 0.00 0.00<br />
20 369,900.80 216,864.73 58.63<br />
Organic Farm<strong>in</strong>g 40 739,801.60 0.00 0.00<br />
TOTAL 100 1,849,504.00 216,864.73 11.73<br />
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Table II.30<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 3.3 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2005 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
executed<br />
payments<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
rate %<br />
2005-2006<br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of soil and protecti<strong>on</strong><br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st erosi<strong>on</strong><br />
Preservati<strong>on</strong> of biodiversity by<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al agriculture methods<br />
40 739,801.60 0.00 0.00<br />
20 369,900.80 186,720.87 50.48<br />
Organic Farm<strong>in</strong>g 40 739,801.60 0.00 0.00<br />
TOTAL 100 1,849,504.00 186,720.87 10.10<br />
The distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>s of projects under Measure 3.3 is given <strong>in</strong> Diagram II.46:<br />
Diagram II.46<br />
Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 3.3 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
50<br />
0,90<br />
45<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
47<br />
0,80<br />
40<br />
0,70<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
0,76<br />
0,60<br />
0,50<br />
0,40<br />
0,30<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
10<br />
0,20<br />
5<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00 0,00<br />
0,00 0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,10<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0 0 0<br />
0<br />
0,00<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
With<strong>in</strong> Measure 3.4 “Development and diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic activities<br />
generat<strong>in</strong>g multiple activities and alternative <strong>in</strong>come”, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted amount<br />
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of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts was 70.060 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 5.00% out of the total amount of<br />
PARDF’s commitments.<br />
For the 1,083 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 3.4, payments of a total amount<br />
of 225,339.095 thousand LEI i.e. 64.832 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (Table II.32) – 92.54% of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 76.98% of the NPARD allocati<strong>on</strong>s for 2002 – 2006 were<br />
authorized and executed.<br />
Table II.31<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 3.4 by 31.12.2008<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Euro<br />
Commitment<br />
rate %<br />
2002-2006<br />
Agriculture Services 2 1,684,410.67 188,523.40 11.19<br />
Rural tourism 25 21,055,133.35 55,651,403.54 264.31<br />
Other types of tourism activities <strong>in</strong><br />
rural area<br />
20 16,844,106.68 5,150,303.48 30.58<br />
Handcraft activities 10 8,422,053.34 1,209,733.25 14.36<br />
Acvaculture 8 6.737,642.67 1,908,005.41 28.32<br />
Other activities 10 8,422,053.34 5,917,002.55 70.26<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g at farm's level of the<br />
certified traditi<strong>on</strong>al and/ or organic 25 21,055,133.35 35,090.19 0.17<br />
products<br />
TOTAL 100 84,220,533.41 70,060,061.80 83.19<br />
Table II.32<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 3.4 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
executed<br />
payments<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumptio<br />
n rate %<br />
2002-2006<br />
Agriculture Services 2 1,684,410.67 203,213.87 12.06<br />
Rural tourism 25 21,055,133.35 51,307,470.79 243.68<br />
Other types of turist activities <strong>in</strong><br />
rural area<br />
20 16,844,106.68 4,772,591.75 28.33<br />
Handcraft activities 10 8,422,053.34 1,170,444.84 13.90<br />
Acvaculture 8 6,737,642.67 1,493,783.84 22.17<br />
Other activities 10 8,422,053.34 5,848,305.15 69.44<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g at farm's level of the<br />
certified traditi<strong>on</strong>al and/ or organic 25 21,055,133.35 36,467.51 0.17<br />
products<br />
TOTAL 100 84,220,533.41 64,832,277.75 76.98<br />
As regards the general distributi<strong>on</strong> of projects unaffected by natural disasters under<br />
measure 3.4, Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Central Alba Iulia is best represented hold<strong>in</strong>g 32.22% from<br />
the total of the projects approved <strong>on</strong> this measure; Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 North-East Iasi holds<br />
approximately 16.57% from the total of the approved projects, and Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 South-<br />
West Oltenia holds 13.70%. Thus, these three regi<strong>on</strong>s hold 62.49% from the total of<br />
the approved projects, aspect which can be expla<strong>in</strong>ed by the fact that many areas<br />
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with a traditi<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> agro-tourism are present <strong>in</strong> these regi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of projects under measure 3.4 is presented <strong>in</strong> Diagram II.47<br />
Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 3.4 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
Diagram II.47<br />
400<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
93,09<br />
100,00<br />
350<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
90,00<br />
80,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
179<br />
44,59<br />
87<br />
73<br />
148<br />
22,50<br />
89<br />
145<br />
34,86<br />
348<br />
70,00<br />
60,00<br />
50,00<br />
40,00<br />
30,00<br />
20,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
50<br />
17,70<br />
16,24<br />
20,76<br />
11<br />
10,00<br />
0<br />
1,94<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
0,00<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
The regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of projects affected by natural disasters with<strong>in</strong> measure 3.4<br />
is presented <strong>in</strong> Diagram II.48.<br />
Diagram II.48<br />
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Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 3.4 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
(Affected by natural disasters)<br />
3,5<br />
3<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
1,64<br />
1,80<br />
1,60<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
2,5<br />
2<br />
1,5<br />
1<br />
3<br />
1,40<br />
1,20<br />
1,00<br />
0,80<br />
0,60<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
0,40<br />
0,5<br />
0<br />
0,00<br />
0,00 0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0,00<br />
0 0 0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
0,20<br />
0,00<br />
With<strong>in</strong> Measure 3.5 „Forestry”, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted value was of 66.677 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g 4.76% from the total committed amounts of PARDF.<br />
The total value of the c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects <strong>on</strong> this measure (66.677 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro)<br />
represents 89.56% of AFA 2002-2006 (Table II.33).<br />
For the 114 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.5 payments were authorized and<br />
executed <strong>in</strong> value of 155,091.120 thousand LEI, represent<strong>in</strong>g 42.548 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro<br />
(Table II.34) – 63.81% from the c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 57.15% from the allocati<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
NPARD 2000-2006.<br />
Table II.33<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> Executed Commitments by sub-measures under Measure 3.5 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2003 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment<br />
rate %<br />
2003-2006<br />
Afforestati<strong>on</strong> 10 7,445,100.67 89,431.74 1.20<br />
Nurseries 5 3,722,550.33 23,892.09 0.64<br />
Investments for the<br />
improvement of primary wood<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
15 11,167,651.00 6,072,161.69 54.37<br />
forest products<br />
Forestry roads 20 14,890,201.33 60,491,197.90 406.25<br />
Forest exploitati<strong>on</strong> 50 37,225,503.33 0.00 0.00<br />
TOTAL 100 74,451,006.67 66,676,683.41 89.56<br />
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Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 3.5 by 31.12.2008<br />
Submeasure<br />
% out of<br />
the<br />
measure<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2003 – 2006<br />
Value of<br />
executed<br />
payments<br />
Euro<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
rate<br />
% 2003-2006<br />
Afforestati<strong>on</strong> 10 7,445,100.67 87,185.99 1.17<br />
Nurseries 5 3,722,550.33 24,965.08 0.67<br />
Investments for the<br />
improvement of primary wood<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
15 11,167,651.00 6,392,262.52 57.24<br />
forest products<br />
Forestry roads 20 14,890,201.33 36,043,240.85 242.06<br />
Forest exploitati<strong>on</strong> 50 37,225,503.33 0.00 0.00<br />
TOTAL 100 74,451,006.67 42,547,654.45 57.15<br />
As regards the regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the projects <strong>on</strong> Measure 3.5, Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Central<br />
Alba Iulia is best represented, hold<strong>in</strong>g 33.33% from the total number of the projects<br />
approved with<strong>in</strong> this measure. Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Nord - West holds approximately 29.83%<br />
from the total number of the approved projects, while Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 West Romania – has<br />
15.79%. In c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>, these three regi<strong>on</strong>s hold 78.95% of the total approved<br />
projects under this measure.<br />
The regi<strong>on</strong>al distributi<strong>on</strong> of the approved projects <strong>on</strong> measure 3.5 is presented <strong>in</strong><br />
Diagram II.49.<br />
Number of c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and committed amounts under Measure 3.5 / Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
Diagram II.49<br />
40<br />
35<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
78,20<br />
38<br />
90,00<br />
80,00<br />
Number of C<strong>on</strong>trected projects<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
27,04<br />
17<br />
42,05<br />
18<br />
34<br />
77,02<br />
70,00<br />
60,00<br />
50,00<br />
40,00<br />
30,00<br />
20,00<br />
Committed amounts (Milli<strong>on</strong>s RON)<br />
5<br />
0<br />
10,47<br />
0,00<br />
5<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0,00 0<br />
1,73<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong> 1 Regi<strong>on</strong> 2 Regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Regi<strong>on</strong> 5 Regi<strong>on</strong> 6 Regi<strong>on</strong> 7 Regi<strong>on</strong> 8<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong><br />
10,00<br />
0,00<br />
For Measure 4.1 „Improvement of Vocati<strong>on</strong>al Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
amount was of 2.901 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e 0.21% out of the total amount of PARDF’s<br />
commitments.<br />
For the 5 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 4.1 payments were authorized and<br />
executed <strong>in</strong> value of 10,521.610 thousand LEI, represent<strong>in</strong>g 3.028 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (Table<br />
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II.35 and II.36) – 104.39% from the c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and 76.69% from the allocati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
of NPARD 2002-2006.<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Commitments - Measure 4.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Table II.35<br />
Euro<br />
Measure 4.1<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Commitment rate %<br />
2002-2006<br />
TOTAL 3,949,238.67 2,901,044.70 73.46<br />
Table II.36<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by sub-measures under Measure 4.1 by 31.12.2008<br />
Euro<br />
Measure 4.1<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2002 – 2006<br />
Value of executed<br />
payments<br />
Commitment rate<br />
% 2002-2006<br />
TOTAL 3,949,238.67 3,028,493.43 76.69<br />
For Measure 4.2 „Technical Assistance”, the public c<strong>on</strong>tracted amount was of 1.374<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> Euro i.e. 0.10% out of the total amount of PARDF’s commitments.<br />
For the 10 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted under Measure 4.2, payments of a total amount of<br />
5,214.570 thousand LEI i.e. 1.424 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro (103.60% out of the c<strong>on</strong>tracted value<br />
and 98.79% out of the NPARD allocati<strong>on</strong>s for 2000 – 2006) were authorized and<br />
executed (Table II.37).<br />
Measure 4.2<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Commitments - Measure 4.2 by 31.12.2008<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000 – 2006<br />
Value of c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
projects<br />
Table II.37<br />
Commitment rate<br />
% 2000-2006<br />
TOTAL 1,441,406.25 1,374,497.80 95.36<br />
Euro<br />
Report <strong>on</strong> the Executed Payments by Measure 4.2 by 31.12.2008<br />
Table II.38<br />
Euro<br />
Measure 4.2<br />
Allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
2000 – 2006<br />
Value of executed<br />
payments<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> rate<br />
% 2000-2006<br />
TOTAL 1,441,406.25 1,424,016.45 98.79<br />
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Chapter III<br />
Measures to improve quality and efficiency of SAPARD<br />
Programme implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
III.1 Activities of the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority<br />
In accordance with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s set out <strong>in</strong> Art. 5 – 11 of Secti<strong>on</strong> B <strong>on</strong> “Programme<br />
management, m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g, and assessment” of the Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreement,<br />
the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority has tasks regard<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g, <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> and f<strong>in</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g<br />
and mid-term and ex-post evaluati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme, be<strong>in</strong>g the ma<strong>in</strong><br />
body resp<strong>on</strong>sible with the efficiency and reliability of the coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g<br />
carried out <strong>in</strong> relati<strong>on</strong> to the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme.<br />
The Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority (MA) is the authorized body that can make proposals to the<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> any adjustments that need to be brought to the Programme, after<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s with the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery (PARDF)<br />
and after receiv<strong>in</strong>g the agreement of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee’s members.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 385/2007 <strong>on</strong> the<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong> and functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture and Rural Development,<br />
with its follow<strong>in</strong>g amendments and completi<strong>on</strong>s, the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests<br />
and Rural Development, through the Directorate General for Rural Development, is<br />
the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for agriculture and rural development for the SAPARD<br />
Programme and for the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Rural Development Programme<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to its specific tasks, <strong>in</strong> 2008, MA organised a number of activities to help<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease the efficiency of the Programme implementati<strong>on</strong>, by ensur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g activities.<br />
In 2008, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority organised the 16 th reuni<strong>on</strong> of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Committee for the SAPARD Programme (MC), <strong>on</strong> the 25 th of November. The<br />
approval, <strong>in</strong> written procedure, by the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee members of the 2007<br />
SAPARD Annual Report has been c<strong>on</strong>sidered the 15 th reuni<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority has ensured the secretariat of the Committee’s reuni<strong>on</strong>s and<br />
has ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed a permanent c<strong>on</strong>tact with the bodies represented <strong>in</strong> the Committee <strong>in</strong><br />
order to identify the problems they are fac<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Whenever necessary, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority notified the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the<br />
SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the occurr<strong>in</strong>g problems <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
identify appropriate measures for address<strong>in</strong>g them.<br />
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In order to avoid the decommitment of the funds, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for<br />
SAPARD Programme solicited to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> to prol<strong>on</strong>g the validity<br />
term of the amount allocated through AFA 2006 from n+2 to n+3.<br />
In this regard, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority submitted to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
through address no. 77787/18 th of April 2008, an official request for the prol<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong><br />
of the AFA 2006 validity.<br />
The European Commissi<strong>on</strong> transmitted to the Romanian authorities a po<strong>in</strong>t of view<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g AFA’s 2006 prol<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong> through address no. D(2008)1081 from<br />
05.11.2008 menti<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g, at the same time, that the decisi<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
prol<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong> of the deadl<strong>in</strong>e for the decommitment does not co<strong>in</strong>cide with the<br />
recommencement of the funds by the Commissi<strong>on</strong>; the Commissi<strong>on</strong> will start the<br />
reimbursement of the Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>ly when the EC services will receive<br />
the f<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong>dependent audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> from NAO, follow<strong>in</strong>g the revise of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> and of<br />
the additi<strong>on</strong>al comments made by NAO, which have to highlight that the acti<strong>on</strong> plan<br />
can be implemented.<br />
Hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> regard that, <strong>in</strong> accordance with art. 2 from MAFA, the EC f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> is established through <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g agreements, MA made all the<br />
necessary acti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> order to close, ratify and notify the ratificati<strong>on</strong> of the Agreement<br />
modify<strong>in</strong>g the Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement for 2006, agreement signed <strong>on</strong> the 4 th of<br />
December 2008.<br />
Hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> regard that the Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreement (Art. 2) stipulates that the<br />
EC c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> is determ<strong>in</strong>ed through the Annual F<strong>in</strong>ancial Agreements, the MA has<br />
taken the necessary steps to c<strong>on</strong>clude, ratify, and notify the ratificati<strong>on</strong> of the 2006<br />
Agreement, agreement signed <strong>on</strong> 4 th of December 2008.<br />
Also dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority carried out activities of analys<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g the statistical <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> received from the PARDF c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
SAPARD Programme. These activities comprise:<br />
• Verify<strong>in</strong>g, process<strong>in</strong>g and archiv<strong>in</strong>g the daily and weekly <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s sent by<br />
PARDF by measure and sub-measure c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the degree of<br />
commitment and c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> of the amounts allocated, the projects’<br />
physical stage of implementati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
• Verify<strong>in</strong>g, m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and archiv<strong>in</strong>g the Registers of Payment Dossiers<br />
(RPD);<br />
• Verify<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> stage of projects by measures and submeasures<br />
at county and regi<strong>on</strong>al level;<br />
• Verify<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the m<strong>on</strong>thly/trimester <strong>in</strong>form<strong>in</strong>g notes<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the progress of the technical and f<strong>in</strong>ancial implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
measures and sub-measures, compared to the commitments envisaged<br />
accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreements;<br />
• Weekly elaborati<strong>on</strong> of the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables by measures and submeasures<br />
<strong>in</strong> order to <strong>in</strong>form the management of the m<strong>in</strong>istry regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
absorpti<strong>on</strong> stage of the funds allocated through the <strong>programme</strong>.<br />
• Justify<strong>in</strong>g the proposals regard<strong>in</strong>g the amounts necessary amounts <strong>in</strong> order<br />
to ensure the co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g of projects through the <strong>programme</strong>.<br />
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Dur<strong>in</strong>g the 16 th reuni<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority proposed<br />
for approval of the MC members the NPARD’s f<strong>in</strong>ancial table for measure 2.1<br />
“Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure”, for 2006, a reallocati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
45.00 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro from the Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> from the affected areas to the not<br />
affected areas, without modify<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>itially allocated amount for this measure,<br />
respectively the value of 524.81 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Also, MA proposed the <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g with 0.1 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, the Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
for measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance” for 2005, through redistributi<strong>on</strong> from measure<br />
1.2 “Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary, and plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trol, for the<br />
quality of foodstuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>” <strong>in</strong> order for the f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
level to corresp<strong>on</strong>d to the value foreseen <strong>in</strong> the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>programme</strong> elaborated for<br />
this measure.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the General Directorate for Rural Development approved the f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
activity <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for the follow<strong>in</strong>g projects with<strong>in</strong> 4.1 “Improv<strong>in</strong>g vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”:<br />
• Vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for the development of the competencies regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
agricultural methods assigned to protect the envir<strong>on</strong>ment and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> the<br />
rural landscape;<br />
• Vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the development of competencies regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
vegetable and breed<strong>in</strong>g animals’ producti<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for the development of competencies <strong>in</strong> forestry.<br />
Moreover, the f<strong>in</strong>al activity <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the project “Set up and preparati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee meet<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> 2005, 2006 and 2007” with<strong>in</strong> measure 4.2<br />
“Technical Assistance” was approved.<br />
Hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> regard the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s request c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the elaborati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority has collaborated with the<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund and PARDF, thus m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan.<br />
Also, MA has c<strong>on</strong>stantly <strong>in</strong>formed <strong>on</strong> the <strong>programme</strong>’s implementati<strong>on</strong> stage by bim<strong>on</strong>thly<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the value of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts/ performed payments from the<br />
European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
III. 2 Competent Authority – Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund Activities<br />
III. 2.1 F<strong>in</strong>ancial aspects regard<strong>in</strong>g the implement<strong>in</strong>g status of SAPARD<br />
Programme<br />
III. 2.1.1 Declarati<strong>on</strong>s of expenditure and requests of funds to the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the supplementary Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure and the Request of Funds<br />
no. 36, with cut off date November, 30th 2008, the total amount of expenditures from<br />
European Uni<strong>on</strong>’s SAPARD funds from the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>programme</strong> up to<br />
November, 31 st 2008 is 909,963,876.79 Euro. This sum also <strong>in</strong>cludes the amount of<br />
685.167,89 Euro represent<strong>in</strong>g payments effectuated from the <strong>in</strong>terest gathered <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Euro SAPARD account and which, accord<strong>in</strong>g to EC’s recommendati<strong>on</strong>s, have been<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> Table A1 of the Declarati<strong>on</strong>s of expenditures and Request of funds no.<br />
36. The Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure with cut off date, the 4 th quarter of 2008, was<br />
submitted to EC <strong>on</strong> 19 th of May 2009.<br />
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In 2008, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund submitted to EC-DG AGRI, the Declarati<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
expenditure and Requests of funds <strong>in</strong> amount of 152,050,058. 27 Euro, as it follows:<br />
• Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Expenditure and Request of Funds no. 33 with respect to<br />
quarter IV 2007, <strong>in</strong> amount of 11,696,348.08 Euro, submitted to the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 05.02.2008 by letter no. 310280;<br />
• Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Expenditure and Request of Funds no. 34 with respect to<br />
quarter I 2008, <strong>in</strong> amount of 28,332,290.40 Euro, submitted to the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 12.06.2008 by letter no. 313689;<br />
• Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Expenditure and Request of Funds no. 35, with respect to 2 nd<br />
and 3 rd quarter of 2008, submitted to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong><br />
03.11.2008 by letter no. 316992, did not <strong>in</strong>clude the payments fulfilled dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g period due to the fact that the payments fulfilled dur<strong>in</strong>g the 2 nd<br />
quarter of 2008 should have been re-verified accord<strong>in</strong>g to the improved<br />
manuals of procedures and dur<strong>in</strong>g the 3 rd quarter payments had not been<br />
performed;<br />
• Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure and Request of funds no. 36 with respect to<br />
October and November 2008, <strong>in</strong> amount of 112,021,419.79 Euro submitted to<br />
the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 18.12.2008 by letter no. 318700.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, no payments were performed from the <strong>in</strong>terest accumulated <strong>in</strong> Euro<br />
SAPARD account. The <strong>in</strong>terest accrued <strong>on</strong> 31.12.2008 is <strong>in</strong> amount of 2,087,624.27<br />
Euro (the amount accumulated dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 is 649,575.25 Euro).<br />
III. 2.1.2 Reimbursements from European Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> reimbursed to the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund a total<br />
amount of 10.549.598, 00 Euro from the total eligible amount requested <strong>in</strong> 2008, as it<br />
is presented <strong>in</strong> the table below:<br />
Table III.1<br />
No.<br />
declar<br />
ati<strong>on</strong><br />
33<br />
34<br />
35<br />
36<br />
Declarati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
expenditure and Request<br />
of funds<br />
Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure<br />
and Request of funds trim.<br />
IV 2007<br />
Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure<br />
and Request of funds trim.<br />
I 2008<br />
Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure<br />
and Request of funds trim.<br />
I and III 2008<br />
Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure<br />
and Request of funds with<br />
cut off date 30.11.2008<br />
Requested<br />
amount<br />
11,696,348.08<br />
Date of<br />
submissi<strong>on</strong><br />
to EC<br />
28,332,290.40 12-iun-08<br />
0 03-nov-08<br />
112,021,419.79 18-dec-08<br />
Amount<br />
transferred<br />
from EC<br />
Date of<br />
transfer<br />
05-feb-08 10,549,598.00 10-apr-2008<br />
TOTAL 152,050,058.27 10,549,598.00<br />
The difference from the requested amount and the transferred <strong>on</strong>e <strong>in</strong> amount of<br />
141,500,460.27 Euro, will be subjected to the transfers from the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> from the budget of 2009, after the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the ”Acti<strong>on</strong> plan for<br />
the implementati<strong>on</strong> of DG AGRI’s recommendati<strong>on</strong>s follow<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong><br />
from 3rd-13 th of June 2008”.<br />
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Moreover, <strong>in</strong> 2008, EC reimbursed to Romania the expenditures fulfilled and declared<br />
to EC <strong>in</strong> the 3 rd and 4 th quarter 2007, <strong>in</strong> amount of 77,933,537.00 Euro.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> is that dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, <strong>in</strong> the Euro SAPARD account were reimbursed<br />
amounts from EC totalis<strong>in</strong>g 88,483,135.00 Euro.<br />
III. 2.1.3 Written-off debts accord<strong>in</strong>g to art. 14 (2.8) from Secti<strong>on</strong> A of the MAFA<br />
annex<br />
The written-off debts accord<strong>in</strong>g to art. 14 (2.8) from Secti<strong>on</strong> A of the MAFA annex<br />
have been menti<strong>on</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> Tabel A4 –„Cancelled debts accord<strong>in</strong>g to art. 14 (2.8) from<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> A of the MAFA annex and deducted from the present Declarati<strong>on</strong>” (attached<br />
to each Declarati<strong>on</strong> of expenditure and Request of Funds).<br />
In the table below, we present the written- off debts accord<strong>in</strong>g to art.14 (2.8) from<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> A of the MAFA annex stat<strong>in</strong>g that, <strong>on</strong>ly the value of the debt bel<strong>on</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to EC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> was cancelled and deducted from the Declarati<strong>on</strong>s of expenditure<br />
submitted to EC. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to NF’s procedures, the Euro SAPARD account was<br />
replenished with amounts from the state budget represent<strong>in</strong>g the amount of the<br />
cancelled debt bel<strong>on</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to EC c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
As about the debt no. 114, although it was written off, <strong>in</strong> short time it was recovered<br />
from the beneficiary and c<strong>on</strong>sequently, it was deducted from Declarati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
Expenditure no. 34 (recorded at po<strong>in</strong>t 23 of Table A2 – “Debts recovered” attached to<br />
the Declarati<strong>on</strong>).<br />
Table III.2<br />
No.<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
No/Debt<br />
date<br />
108/18.02.2<br />
006<br />
110/24.02.2<br />
006<br />
115/28.02.2<br />
006<br />
114/28.02.2<br />
006<br />
117/13.03.2<br />
006<br />
118/22.03.2<br />
006<br />
121/10.04.2<br />
006<br />
123/14.04.2<br />
006<br />
129/15.05.2<br />
006<br />
144/19.07.2<br />
006<br />
153/12.09.2<br />
006<br />
159/17.10.2<br />
006<br />
161/25.10.2<br />
006<br />
Irregularity<br />
code<br />
192<br />
194<br />
199<br />
198<br />
201<br />
202<br />
RO/06/019/S<br />
RO/06/021/S<br />
RO/06/027/S<br />
RO/06/042/S<br />
RO/06/053/S<br />
RO/06/059/S<br />
RO/06/061/S<br />
Beneficiary<br />
CL Tuzla, jud.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stanţa<br />
CL Bălăneşti, jud.<br />
Gorj<br />
CL Mahmudia, jud.<br />
Tulcea<br />
CL Golăeşti, jud.<br />
Iaşi<br />
CL Tartasesti, jud.<br />
Dambovita<br />
CL Sanmart<strong>in</strong>, jud.<br />
Bihor<br />
CL Brebu, jud.<br />
Prahova<br />
CL Susani, jud.<br />
Vâlcea<br />
PFA Maftei Tiberiu<br />
CL Pângăraţi, jud.<br />
Neamţ<br />
CL Săcelu, jud. Gorj<br />
CL Săcelu, jud. Gorj<br />
PFA Tamaş Iulian,<br />
jud. Bacău<br />
Approval<br />
date by<br />
NAO<br />
311248/<br />
28.02.2008<br />
311776/<br />
24.03.2008<br />
311777/<br />
24.03.2008<br />
311778/<br />
24.03.2008<br />
312036/<br />
11.04.2008<br />
312110/<br />
11.04.2008<br />
312510/<br />
06.05.2008<br />
312517/<br />
07.05.2008<br />
313495/<br />
30.05.2008<br />
314916/<br />
08.08.2008<br />
317196/<br />
24.10.2009<br />
317196/<br />
24.10.2008<br />
317868/<br />
27.11.2008<br />
Cancelled<br />
amount<br />
bel<strong>on</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
EC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
(lei)<br />
Cancelled<br />
amount<br />
bel<strong>on</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
EC<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
(Euro)<br />
9,918.67 2,747.48<br />
10,075.50 2,790.92<br />
64,031.82 17,736.85<br />
1,458.96 404.13<br />
4,295.18 1,227.37<br />
329,119.87 94,047.68<br />
57,762.75 16.409,41<br />
2,047,732.03 581,725.53<br />
11,250.00 3,237.41<br />
14,358.91 4,003.82<br />
440,916.73 124,806.59<br />
1,212.75 342.58<br />
5,225.51 1,476.09<br />
2,997,358.68 850,955.87<br />
Declarati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
expenditure and<br />
Request of funds<br />
from which it<br />
was deducted<br />
Decl. no 34/2008,<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 34/2008,<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 34/2008,<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 34/2008,<br />
Table A2<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
Decl. no 36/2008<br />
Table A4<br />
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The PARDF is also <strong>in</strong> charge with the recovery of these debts accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Government’s Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 79/2003 regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol and the recovery of the<br />
Community’s funds, as well as of the co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong>es, irregularly used, with the<br />
subsequent modificati<strong>on</strong>s and completi<strong>on</strong>s, the prescripti<strong>on</strong> of the recovery of the<br />
debt occurr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the terms of the nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the procedure, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund replenished the Euro SAPARD<br />
account with the total amount of 850,551.73 Euro (it was not <strong>in</strong>cluded the debt 114<br />
for the reas<strong>on</strong>s menti<strong>on</strong>ed above) with amounts from the state budget.<br />
III. 2.1.4 Payments from the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund to PARDF<br />
The PARDF prepared and submitted to the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund requests for funds twice<br />
per m<strong>on</strong>th. Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund transferred to PARDF a total amount of<br />
193,744,487.56 Euro as represent<strong>in</strong>g EC c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for SAPARD Programme.<br />
III. 2.1.5 The use of the Buffer Fund<br />
Due to the exhaust<strong>in</strong>g of the available amount <strong>in</strong> Euro SAPARD account, determ<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
by the time difference between its use and their reimbursement by the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> (EC), and of the suspensi<strong>on</strong> of the payments by EC, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund<br />
transferred to PARDF an amount of 141,629,043.84 Euro. On 31.12.2008 it should<br />
have been replenished the buffer fund account with the amount of 117,663,669.13<br />
Euro. This amount is to be returned to the state budget as so<strong>on</strong> as it will be restarted<br />
the EC payments to Romania.<br />
III. 2.2 Accreditati<strong>on</strong> m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008<br />
III. 2.2.1 European Commissi<strong>on</strong>'s <strong>in</strong>form<strong>in</strong>g regard<strong>in</strong>g the changes of procedures of<br />
PARDF and Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the stipulati<strong>on</strong>s of art. 6 of the EC Regulati<strong>on</strong> no. 248/2007 regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the measures c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the multi-<str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g agreements and the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g agreements signed <strong>on</strong> the basis of SAPARD Programme, as well as to the<br />
transiti<strong>on</strong> from the SAPARD Programme to the <strong>programme</strong>s for rural development,<br />
the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoris<strong>in</strong>g Officer (NAO) <strong>in</strong>formed the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> as so<strong>on</strong><br />
as it was proposed any modificati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> the implement<strong>in</strong>g of SAPARD Programme<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong> performed by DG AGRI <strong>in</strong> June 2008 and as a<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sequence of the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g „the strengthen<strong>in</strong>g of the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
role of the competent Authority towards PARDF ”, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund took measures<br />
by modify<strong>in</strong>g its procedures, as it follows:<br />
a) Instructi<strong>on</strong> 21 – for the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the NF manuals of procedures, approved<br />
by NAO and sent for <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> to EC <strong>on</strong> 24.09.2008 by the letter no. 319183. This<br />
<strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> referred to a completi<strong>on</strong> of the exist<strong>in</strong>g procedure with a checklist for the<br />
proposals of PARDF to modify the procedures and the organisati<strong>on</strong>al structure and<br />
approval procedure by NAO of the modificati<strong>on</strong>s proposed by PARDF. Also, with<br />
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respect to the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of the accreditati<strong>on</strong> criteria, <strong>on</strong> a m<strong>on</strong>thly basis PARDF<br />
submits to NF supervis<strong>in</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s of the Regi<strong>on</strong>al Centres, Counties' Offices and <strong>on</strong><br />
a quarterly basis, the stage of implement<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s from the audit<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s.<br />
Moreover, it stipulates that PIAD with<strong>in</strong> MPF will perform <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly <strong>in</strong> this purpose, two<br />
audit missi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the accreditati<strong>on</strong> criteria by PARDF. Also, it was<br />
settled a system of m<strong>on</strong>thly meet<strong>in</strong>gs with the management and/or experts of PARDF<br />
so that to identify possible deficiencies and to take the measures <strong>in</strong> order to solve<br />
them. As a c<strong>on</strong>sequence of these modificati<strong>on</strong>s, it was amended the Agreement<br />
between the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoris<strong>in</strong>g Officer, official lead<strong>in</strong>g the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund with<strong>in</strong><br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>in</strong> Romania and SAPARD Agency, signed <strong>in</strong> Bucharest <strong>on</strong><br />
19.06.2002.<br />
b) Instructi<strong>on</strong> 22 – for the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> procedures of NF, approved by<br />
NAO and communicated to EC <strong>on</strong> 04.11.2008 by the letter no. 317370. By this<br />
<strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> it was updated the NF procedure regard<strong>in</strong>g the human resources with the<br />
legal stipulati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> force regard<strong>in</strong>g the appo<strong>in</strong>tment and the promot<strong>in</strong>g of the public<br />
servants.<br />
c) Instructi<strong>on</strong> 23 - for the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> procedures of NF, approved by<br />
NAO and communicated to EC <strong>on</strong> 07.10.2008 by the letter no. 316613. By this<br />
<strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> it was described the procedure for the payment from the state budget of<br />
the f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong>s overrun aga<strong>in</strong>st the technical fiches of the measure (<strong>in</strong><br />
NPRD).<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, it was submitted to EC <strong>on</strong>e <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> for the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
manuals of procedures of PARDF namely Instructi<strong>on</strong> 118, modify<strong>in</strong>g all the manuals<br />
of procedures of PARDF. This was issued <strong>in</strong> order to implement the<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s of DG AGRI, follow<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong> from 3-13.06.2009.<br />
We must state that this was evaluated both by the Internal Audit Directorate (IAD)<br />
with<strong>in</strong> PARDF, by NF and by the Public Internal Directorate (PIAD), accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
new procedures of NF (namely, Instructi<strong>on</strong> 21). On the basis of the favourable<br />
notificati<strong>on</strong> of IAD, PIAD, NF, NAO approved this <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>. Also, it was approved<br />
the c<strong>on</strong>solidated manuals of procedures with the previous <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Instructi<strong>on</strong> 118, issued by PARDF. Instructi<strong>on</strong> 118, together with the c<strong>on</strong>solidated<br />
manuals of procedures, was sent to EC <strong>on</strong> 25.09.2008 by the letter no. 316295.<br />
Also, follow<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s of DG AGRI, NAO approved the account<strong>in</strong>g<br />
software PROSYS of PARDF, based <strong>on</strong> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> of the <strong>in</strong>dependent expert<br />
(Delloitte) regard<strong>in</strong>g „The audit of the account<strong>in</strong>g software PROSYS of APDRP” by<br />
which it was offered the ensurance that it is issued and works accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>ally accepted standards and accord<strong>in</strong>g to the m<strong>in</strong>imum standards of<br />
security of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>. EC was <strong>in</strong>formed about this approval and it was submitted<br />
the Audit Report of Deloitte <strong>on</strong> 28.11.2008 by the letter no. 317385.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s submitted by the auditors EC-DG AGRI, as a result<br />
of the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> Romania, dur<strong>in</strong>g June, 3-13<br />
2008, the nati<strong>on</strong>al payments to the beneficiaries were suspended. NAO imposed to<br />
PARDF some c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s accord<strong>in</strong>g to which these payments will be realised from the<br />
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These c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s were ma<strong>in</strong>ly po<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g out the improvement of PARDF procedures<br />
and also to ensure a sufficient number of tra<strong>in</strong>ed staff so that it is ensured that the<br />
large number of requests of funds, registered by PARDF dur<strong>in</strong>g the period when the<br />
payments were suspended, will be processed <strong>in</strong> time and accord<strong>in</strong>gly. Only after the<br />
fulfilment of the c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s and the communicati<strong>on</strong> to EC of the Instructi<strong>on</strong> no. 118,<br />
<strong>on</strong> 25.09.2008, it has been restarted the nati<strong>on</strong>al payments from funds bel<strong>on</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the state budget for the beneficiaries of SAPARD Programme.<br />
III. 2.2.2 Audit missi<strong>on</strong> requested by NAO<br />
Internal audit missi<strong>on</strong><br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 15.01.2008-15.03.2008, the Internal Public Audit Directorate (PIAD) with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ance performed an audit missi<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the Instructi<strong>on</strong> no.<br />
104 issued by PARDF, evaluat<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>formity of this Instructi<strong>on</strong> accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
MAFA. The op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong> of the auditors was that Instructi<strong>on</strong> no. 104 is not trespass<strong>in</strong>g art.<br />
5(1), Secti<strong>on</strong> A from MAFA annex and by its applicati<strong>on</strong> there were not affected the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>terests of EC.<br />
Requested by NAO, PIAD performed dur<strong>in</strong>g 01-10.09.2008 an audit missi<strong>on</strong><br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g ”The audit<strong>in</strong>g of the applicati<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and circulars issued by<br />
PARDF” by which it was c<strong>on</strong>firmed to NAO that it cannot be obta<strong>in</strong>ed the ensurance<br />
that PARDF applied them after hav<strong>in</strong>g them communicated to EC and moreover,<br />
there were issued circulars that might be c<strong>on</strong>sidered as modificati<strong>on</strong> of procedures.<br />
There have been made recommendati<strong>on</strong>s for PARDF that, together with the <strong>on</strong>es<br />
received from EC, leaded to the improvement of PARDF methodology manual of<br />
procedures.<br />
Also, <strong>in</strong> order to implement the EC recommendati<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the ensurance by NF<br />
that all the projects have been approved or rejected accord<strong>in</strong>g to the approved<br />
procedures, NAO requested to PIAD an audit missi<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the applicati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and circulars issued by PARDF, missi<strong>on</strong> that took place dur<strong>in</strong>g 01.09-<br />
10.10.2008. The specific objective of the <strong>in</strong>ternal audit missi<strong>on</strong> was to evaluate the<br />
possible impact of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and the circulars issued by PARDF c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme. As a c<strong>on</strong>sequence of this to this missi<strong>on</strong> it<br />
was settled the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and the missi<strong>on</strong>s hav<strong>in</strong>g specific c<strong>on</strong>tent as the<br />
<strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s with possible f<strong>in</strong>ancial impact up<strong>on</strong> the projects.<br />
External audit missi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Also, follow<strong>in</strong>g the request of EC, NAO requested to the Audit Authority with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
Romanian Court of Accounts, to effectuate an audit missi<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> order to c<strong>on</strong>firm to<br />
NAO that the Acti<strong>on</strong> plan for implement<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s of DG AGRI<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g missi<strong>on</strong> from 3-13.06.2009, was implemented.<br />
The Audit Authority accepted and fulfilled the audit missi<strong>on</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g 01.09-04.11.2008<br />
f<strong>in</strong>alized by the Audit Report by which it was issued the op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong> accord<strong>in</strong>g to which<br />
EC recommendati<strong>on</strong>s have been implemented accord<strong>in</strong>g to the acti<strong>on</strong> plan but it<br />
must be improved the strengthen<strong>in</strong>g of the c<strong>on</strong>trol up<strong>on</strong> the correctness and the<br />
completi<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> enclosed <strong>in</strong> the data base with SAPARD<br />
rejected/c<strong>on</strong>tracted/paid/cancelled projects and up<strong>on</strong> the accuracy and veridicity of<br />
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the record<strong>in</strong>gs from the Debtors' Ledger and the Register of the written-off debts and<br />
CPA must m<strong>on</strong>itor the activities c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the accreditati<strong>on</strong> criteria.<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> this <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>, NAO c<strong>on</strong>sidered the Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan implemented but, hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
view that there are certa<strong>in</strong> aspects not-implemented she requested to the Audit<br />
Authority a follow-up missi<strong>on</strong>. The <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> was submitted to EC <strong>on</strong> 07.11.2008 by the<br />
letter no. 317471.<br />
III. 2.3 Clearance of accounts<br />
III.2.3.1 The decisi<strong>on</strong> of clearance of accounts for 2007<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Multi<str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoris<strong>in</strong>g Officer<br />
submitted to EC the ”Annual Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Accounts for the Year 2007”,<br />
accompanied by the Certificate and the Audit Report for 2007 of the Certify<strong>in</strong>g Body,<br />
<strong>on</strong> 12 th of May 2008, by the letter no. 311807.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the EC clarificati<strong>on</strong> requests <strong>in</strong> the letter no. 17426/15.07.2008, the Audit<br />
Authority issued a new Audit<strong>in</strong>g Certificate for the f<strong>in</strong>ancial year 2007, submitted by<br />
EC <strong>on</strong> 17 th of November 2008 by the letter no. 317787.<br />
III. 2.3.2 The c<strong>on</strong>formity decisi<strong>on</strong><br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 it c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued the procedures stipulated <strong>in</strong> MAFA c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
C<strong>on</strong>formity Decisi<strong>on</strong> for the f<strong>in</strong>ancial years 2006 and 2007, for which the Romanian<br />
authorities prepared and submitted to EC additi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and explanati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the EC recommendati<strong>on</strong>s follow<strong>in</strong>g the audit missi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
1. On 31.01.2008, NAO together NF and PARDF representatives participated <strong>in</strong><br />
Bruxelles to a bilateral meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> order to analyse the outstand<strong>in</strong>g aspects<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the DG AGRI f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs follow<strong>in</strong>g the audit missi<strong>on</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g 18-22.09.2006.<br />
Later <strong>on</strong> there were communicated to EC supplementary <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 12 th of May,<br />
2008 by the letter no. 312050<br />
2. On 01.04.2008, representatives of NF and PARDF participated <strong>in</strong> Bruxelles to a<br />
bilateral meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> order to analyse the outstand<strong>in</strong>g aspects c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
and the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s from the Audit Certificate issued by the Audit Authority for<br />
the f<strong>in</strong>ancial year 2006. Later <strong>on</strong> there were communicated to EC the supplementary<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> 26 th of May 2008 by the letter no. 312788.<br />
3. On 16.10.2008, representatives of NF and PARDF participated <strong>in</strong> Bruxelles to a<br />
bilateral meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> order to analyse the outstand<strong>in</strong>g aspects c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the DG<br />
AGRI f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol DG AGRI RDG/2007/022 for the measures 1.1,<br />
2.1, 3.1<br />
III. 2.4 Irregularities <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
NAO submitted the quarterly <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s of irregularities to the Fight aga<strong>in</strong>st Fraud<br />
Department (DLAF), accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Multi-<str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement and the<br />
protocol signed with this structure, as it follows:<br />
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• The irregularity <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the quarter I 2008, issued by NAO to DLAF <strong>on</strong><br />
16.05.2008 and by DLAF to OLAF <strong>on</strong> 29.05.2008;<br />
• The irregularity <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the quarter II 2008, issued by NAO to DLAF <strong>on</strong><br />
19.08.2008 and by DLAF to OLAF <strong>on</strong> 28.08.2008;<br />
• The irregularity <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the quarter III 2008, issued by NAO to DLAF <strong>on</strong><br />
17.11.2008 and by DLAF to OLAF <strong>on</strong> 28.11.2008;<br />
• The irregularity <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the quarter IV 2008, issued by NAO to DLAF <strong>on</strong><br />
27.02.2009 and by DLAF to OLAF <strong>on</strong> 27.02.2009.<br />
Also, when there were received notificati<strong>on</strong>s from the Fight aga<strong>in</strong>st Fraud Department<br />
(DLAF), from the <strong>in</strong>ternal audit of the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund or from any other entity,<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the possibility of an irregularity with respect to obta<strong>in</strong>, manage or use the<br />
funds of SAPARD Programme, both the <strong>on</strong>es from the budget of the European Uni<strong>on</strong><br />
as well as from the corresp<strong>on</strong>dent co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g, it was requested to PARDF to take all<br />
the necessary measures <strong>in</strong> order to verify the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and, if case, to recover the<br />
amounts settled as debts accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 79/2003<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol and the recovery of the Community's funds, as well as of the<br />
corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g funds irregularly used, with the modificati<strong>on</strong>s and the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sequent completi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
III. 3 Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery activities<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the activity of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery<br />
(PARDF) was focussed <strong>on</strong> achiev<strong>in</strong>g two ma<strong>in</strong> objectives, namely, the c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>uati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al build<strong>in</strong>g process, necessary to perform the functi<strong>on</strong> of pay<strong>in</strong>g agency<br />
for the rural development projects f<strong>in</strong>anced under EAFRD, as well as the c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>uati<strong>on</strong><br />
of SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
In order to achieve both objectives, PARDF took <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> the development<br />
of the allocated human resources, the <strong>in</strong>crease of the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g level, the elaborati<strong>on</strong><br />
and adjustment of the specific work procedures, as well as, the improvement of both<br />
the endowment and branches’ premises.<br />
III. 3.1. Audit missi<strong>on</strong>s performed by the Internal Audit Directorate (IAD)<br />
In 2008 the Internal Audit Directorate has performed the follow<strong>in</strong>g types of activities /<br />
audit missi<strong>on</strong>s:<br />
‣ Audit missi<strong>on</strong>s carried out accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Annual Audit Plan for 2008;<br />
‣ Ad – hoc audit – missi<strong>on</strong>s requested by the General Director of the Agency;<br />
‣ Ad – hoc audit missi<strong>on</strong>s to follow up the external auditors’ recommendati<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
‣ Other follow up, evaluati<strong>on</strong> and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g activities.<br />
The audit missi<strong>on</strong>s performed by the Internal Audit Directorate dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />
checks as regards:<br />
• The manner of observ<strong>in</strong>g the procedures for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
Measures 1.2, 3.2, 3.3 („100% Re-performance”) and the follow up of the<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s related to these verificati<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• The completeness, the accuracy and the veracity of the Agency’s accounts for<br />
the years 2006 and 2007;<br />
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• The manner of observ<strong>in</strong>g the public procurement procedure for the projects<br />
related to the Measure 2.1 of the regi<strong>on</strong>s affected by natural disasters;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the PROSYS software applicati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the manner of establish<strong>in</strong>g the public procurement procedure (G3<br />
ACP) applicable to the procurements performed by the beneficiaries of the<br />
Measures 1.2 and 2.1 dur<strong>in</strong>g 2007;<br />
• Identify<strong>in</strong>g the causes which led to the emergence of the differences between<br />
the Agency’s directorates records for the projects f<strong>in</strong>anced by SAPARD<br />
Programme;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the audit trail for the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and circulars letters issued <strong>in</strong> order<br />
to amend the procedures for the SAPARD Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the Procedure Manual for record<strong>in</strong>g and recover<strong>in</strong>g the debts G8<br />
IRD;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the proposals to amend the payments’ executi<strong>on</strong> procedure, G6 –<br />
EP;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the proposals to amend the procedures drawn up for the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> compliance with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
of the MARD’s Order no. 63/2008;<br />
• Assess<strong>in</strong>g the proposals for the modificati<strong>on</strong>s and completi<strong>on</strong>s of the<br />
procedures drawn up for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong><br />
compliance with the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s recommendati<strong>on</strong>s by letter no.<br />
16.859/09.07.2008;<br />
• Follow<strong>in</strong>g up the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s and observati<strong>on</strong>s made by authorized<br />
external entities, namely: European Court of Auditors, European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s<br />
auditors, Audit Authority from the Romanian Court of Accounts, M<strong>in</strong>istry of<br />
Public F<strong>in</strong>ances – Internal Public Audit Directorate, C<strong>on</strong>trol Department of the<br />
Government, MAFRD’s General Directorate for Technical Inspecti<strong>on</strong>s and<br />
C<strong>on</strong>trol.<br />
The activities carried out by the Internal Audit Directorate dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, were planned<br />
and executed accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Annual Plan for 2008 and to the Internal Audit<br />
Strategic Plan for the period 2008 – 2010 for the SAPARD Programme, <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
provide to the management a reas<strong>on</strong>able assurance <strong>on</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g aspects:<br />
• The structure and the process of verify<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>formity and the eligibility of<br />
the projects for Measures 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1 and 4.2 are<br />
functi<strong>on</strong>al, as provided <strong>in</strong> the procedures;<br />
• Agency’s aims are performed at the required standards and are <strong>in</strong> compliance<br />
with the accreditati<strong>on</strong> criteria foreseen <strong>in</strong> the Multi – Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Agreement between the European Community and Romania for SAPARD;<br />
• The Agency’s procedures are observed by the Agency’s staff;<br />
• The European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>terests are protected;<br />
• The <strong>in</strong>ternal c<strong>on</strong>trols relat<strong>in</strong>g to the pre-authorizati<strong>on</strong> of the project, prepayment<br />
verificati<strong>on</strong>s, the account<strong>in</strong>g and the payment procedures of the<br />
Agency are functi<strong>on</strong>al and provide a reas<strong>on</strong>able assurance <strong>on</strong> the process;<br />
• The projects are assessed <strong>in</strong> compliance with the accredited procedures both<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the technical implementati<strong>on</strong> stage, as well as dur<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> stage;<br />
• The c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the eligibility of the f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g applicati<strong>on</strong>s and the<br />
authorizati<strong>on</strong> of the payment claims are correct.<br />
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Follow<strong>in</strong>g these audit missi<strong>on</strong>s, Internal Audit Directorate issued audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s that<br />
were submitted to the management of Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and<br />
Fishery, to the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Authoriz<strong>in</strong>g Officer, to the Audit Directorate with<strong>in</strong> MAFRD, to<br />
the external auditors with<strong>in</strong> Audit Authority - Romanian Court of Accounts, the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ance – Internal Public Audit Directorate and European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs and recommendati<strong>on</strong>s with the high level of importance drawn up<br />
as a result of the audit missi<strong>on</strong>s and presented <strong>in</strong> the audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for year 2008<br />
address to the follow<strong>in</strong>g deficiencies:<br />
Executi<strong>on</strong> of an overpayment<br />
We found that <strong>in</strong> case of a payment claim for Measure 1.2 submitted to PRCRDF<br />
Timis an amount larger than the due <strong>on</strong>e was approved to be paid.<br />
IAD recommended to take <strong>in</strong>to account the amount unduly paid by deduct<strong>in</strong>g it from<br />
the next payment <strong>in</strong>stalment or by mak<strong>in</strong>g a debt to recover the amount.<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong> of high importance level has been implemented by mak<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
debt for the overpayment and its recovery.<br />
The pr<strong>in</strong>ciple of sound f<strong>in</strong>ancial management was not observed accord<strong>in</strong>g to MAFA’s<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong>s, Secti<strong>on</strong> B, article. 4<br />
For 3 projects from regi<strong>on</strong> 3 Târgovişte and for all the projects from Regi<strong>on</strong> 4 Craiova<br />
we identified that the <strong>on</strong>-the-spot verificati<strong>on</strong>s were not completely performed or the<br />
verificati<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the reas<strong>on</strong>ability of the prices of the materials and works were<br />
not performed.<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong>s comprise the follow<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
• to c<strong>on</strong>sult the database by the experts from the Regi<strong>on</strong>al Centers 3 Târgovişte<br />
and 4 Craiova and if the prices for certa<strong>in</strong> services/materials/works are not<br />
found, the verify<strong>in</strong>g experts get the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> from other sources, attach<strong>in</strong>g<br />
them as justify<strong>in</strong>g documents and menti<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the sheet for the c<strong>on</strong>tract’s<br />
verificati<strong>on</strong> the manner for compar<strong>in</strong>g the reas<strong>on</strong>ability of the prices for the<br />
projects verified;<br />
• SCD – AS and PRCRDF make regular proposals for fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> / change / update<br />
the database with reference prices of materials / works / services which are<br />
not found or which are found by the verify<strong>in</strong>g experts as not reas<strong>on</strong>able;<br />
• the SCD – AS’s experts must re-verify the reas<strong>on</strong>ability from the awarded<br />
tender for the projects from Regi<strong>on</strong> 4. If it is found that these prices are not<br />
reas<strong>on</strong>able, the work/services’ c<strong>on</strong>tracts are not to be approved or their value<br />
must be reduced.<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> the received resp<strong>on</strong>ses, the audit’s op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s is as<br />
follows:<br />
• the recommendati<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> of the database with reference<br />
prices has not been implemented;<br />
• the follow<strong>in</strong>g recommendati<strong>on</strong> will be under m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g as regards the projects<br />
submitted under EAFRD. It refers to the regular proposals made by SCD – AS<br />
and PRCRDF’s staff for fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>/change/update the database with reference<br />
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prices of the materials/works/services which are not currently found there or<br />
for which the verify<strong>in</strong>g experts c<strong>on</strong>sider that are not reas<strong>on</strong>able;<br />
• the recommendati<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the re-verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects from Regi<strong>on</strong> 4<br />
by experts SCD – AS was not agreed with.<br />
Fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> and/ or clarify<strong>in</strong>g the procurements procedures<br />
In the Circular Letter no. 164/ 30.08.2006 by which the public procurement procedure<br />
G3 – ACP, versi<strong>on</strong> 010 with “Alternative 3 – package tender for the design services<br />
and works’ executi<strong>on</strong>” was amended, it is stipulated that “the documentati<strong>on</strong> for the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial tender for works will be drawn up <strong>in</strong> unit prices divided by material, labour,<br />
equipment and transport without any technical project.”<br />
The observati<strong>on</strong>s of IAD menti<strong>on</strong> that the circular letter does not provide the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
• the deadl<strong>in</strong>e for draw<strong>in</strong>g up and submitt<strong>in</strong>g the technical project to the<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong>al Centres;<br />
• the pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> charge and the deadl<strong>in</strong>es for perform<strong>in</strong>g the verificati<strong>on</strong><br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the compliance between the awarded tender and the technical<br />
project.<br />
IAD recommended that for the projects for which the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the circular letter<br />
no. 164/30.08.2006 are applicable, SCD’s management shall establish and <strong>in</strong>form the<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong>al Centres and beneficiaries with regard to:<br />
• the deadl<strong>in</strong>e for perform<strong>in</strong>g and submitt<strong>in</strong>g the technical project to the<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong>al Centre <strong>in</strong> order to meet the deadl<strong>in</strong>es for implement<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestments from the f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g applicati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• the pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> charge and the deadl<strong>in</strong>es that the verificati<strong>on</strong> of the compliance<br />
between the awarded tender and the technical project must be carried out.<br />
The audit’s op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong>:<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong> was c<strong>on</strong>sidered closed tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account that <strong>on</strong> the date that<br />
the audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> was issued, the public procurements procedures for measure 2.1<br />
were completed <strong>in</strong> percentage of 94%, despite the fact that measures for its<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> had not been taken.<br />
The discrepancies between the procedures’ manual G8 - IRD and other PARDF<br />
procedures elaborated for the SAPARD Program or other documents from the<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong><br />
There are discrepancies between the procedures’ manual G8 – IRD and the c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
and anti-fraud procedures’ manual G9 – CA regard<strong>in</strong>g the follow<strong>in</strong>g aspects:<br />
• the suspensi<strong>on</strong> of the payments;<br />
• the prelim<strong>in</strong>ary c<strong>on</strong>trol and verificati<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s from the<br />
bodies <strong>in</strong> charge with c<strong>on</strong>trol/<strong>in</strong>vestigati<strong>on</strong>s tasks, performed by CAD;<br />
• CAD exclusive expertise to analyze the irregularities received both from <strong>in</strong>side<br />
and outside PARDF, to update the procedure with nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong><br />
c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the recovery of the debts and with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the circular<br />
letter no. 152/2006, to draw up documents no l<strong>on</strong>ger necessary <strong>in</strong> the flow;<br />
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IAD recommended the correlati<strong>on</strong> of the provisi<strong>on</strong>s from the two manuals <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
unitary apply the procedures, namely <strong>in</strong> order to prevent the double verificati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong> was implemented.<br />
The provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> force regard<strong>in</strong>g the public procurements<br />
have not been observed.<br />
IAD found that <strong>in</strong> the case of 5 projects under measure 2.1 and 8 projects under<br />
measures 1.2, for which certa<strong>in</strong> procurement procedures were launched after<br />
January 1 st , 2007 (call for tender 2007), the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the nati<strong>on</strong>al legislati<strong>on</strong><br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the public procurements were not observed. Thus, the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of MAFA<br />
and the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s notificati<strong>on</strong>s, regard<strong>in</strong>g the rules applicable after the<br />
date of the Romania’s accessi<strong>on</strong> to the European Uni<strong>on</strong>, have not been observed.<br />
IAD recommended to exclude from the statement of expenditures the amounts<br />
already paid for the procurements related to the projects c<strong>on</strong>cerned and not to<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude <strong>in</strong> the statement the next amounts for the procurements to be paid.<br />
Recommendati<strong>on</strong> not implemented.<br />
Lack of assurance measures<br />
IAD found that PARDF decided the cancellati<strong>on</strong> of the tenders <strong>in</strong> process accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the manual drawn up based <strong>on</strong> the Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s manual <strong>in</strong> the case of 5 public<br />
beneficiaries and re-launched the tenders accord<strong>in</strong>g to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
legislati<strong>on</strong>, without elaborat<strong>in</strong>g a m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g plan for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
projects <strong>in</strong> order to meet the established c<strong>on</strong>tractual deadl<strong>in</strong>es.<br />
We recommended to closely m<strong>on</strong>itor the implementati<strong>on</strong> of these projects <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
assure their f<strong>in</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> with<strong>in</strong> the deadl<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong>itially established by the F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tract<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong> was implemented.<br />
Use of a procedure manual that does not observe the requirements of the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
It has been found that by the end of February 2007, the procedures manual <strong>on</strong> the<br />
public procurements was not drawn up accord<strong>in</strong>g to GEO no. 34/2006, although the<br />
Agency was <strong>in</strong>formed by the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> by letter no. 35029/ 22.12.2006<br />
that the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the Regulati<strong>on</strong> for the transiti<strong>on</strong> from SAPARD Programme to<br />
the post-accesssi<strong>on</strong> rural development <strong>programme</strong>s related to the public<br />
procurement procedures shall be retroactive applicable start<strong>in</strong>g with the accessi<strong>on</strong><br />
date. At the same time, the Agency was also <strong>in</strong>formed that the draft versi<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
Regulati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the retroactive applicati<strong>on</strong> clause was positively endorsed with<strong>in</strong><br />
the STAR Committee <strong>on</strong> November 2006.<br />
IAD recommended to further analyze the legislati<strong>on</strong> modificati<strong>on</strong>s as so<strong>on</strong> as the first<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g these modificati<strong>on</strong>s and their impact <strong>on</strong> the procedures are<br />
received, <strong>in</strong> order to prevent similar situati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong> was not agreed.<br />
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Incomplete procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
IAD found that the procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s related to the <strong>in</strong>serti<strong>on</strong>, identificati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
correcti<strong>on</strong> of the wr<strong>on</strong>g or <strong>in</strong>complete <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> the system are <strong>in</strong>c<strong>on</strong>sistent.<br />
IAD also found that the procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s are aim<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong>ly at the elim<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
possibility to electr<strong>on</strong>ically process the wr<strong>on</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>, but there is no proper<br />
framework for dim<strong>in</strong>ish<strong>in</strong>g the rate of the errors caused by the <strong>in</strong>serti<strong>on</strong> of wr<strong>on</strong>g or<br />
<strong>in</strong>complete <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The quality of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> electr<strong>on</strong>ic format was <strong>in</strong>fluenced by the degree to<br />
cover certa<strong>in</strong> specific necessities:<br />
- the management process of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> with<strong>in</strong> the system, namely their<br />
proper organizati<strong>on</strong>, exploitati<strong>on</strong> and protecti<strong>on</strong>;<br />
- the supervisi<strong>on</strong> of the activity for <strong>in</strong>sert<strong>in</strong>g, extracti<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g the<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>, namely there is no supervisi<strong>on</strong> related to the compliance of the<br />
data <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong> the system with the <strong>in</strong>itial documents.<br />
It has been recommended to establish procedural norms specific to assure the quality<br />
of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong> the system. These norms must assure the accuracy,<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegrity, completeness, c<strong>on</strong>sistency and reliability <strong>on</strong> the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> from the<br />
collecti<strong>on</strong> areas.<br />
Not implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong><br />
Incomplete procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
We found that CD – MERU collects, processes, centralizes and transmits different<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> to entities with<strong>in</strong> PARDF and to MA, although there are no procedural<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> this respect. The <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> collected from the regi<strong>on</strong>al level and<br />
processed by CD – MERU are received <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>in</strong> electr<strong>on</strong>ic format, thus there is no<br />
certa<strong>in</strong>ty that the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> are correctly collected and supervised.<br />
We recommended tak<strong>in</strong>g the measures for <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> CD – MERU procedure of<br />
certa<strong>in</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> order to cover the activities carried out at present outside the<br />
procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The recommendati<strong>on</strong> was implemented<br />
Incomplete procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
IAD identified the follow<strong>in</strong>g deficiencies <strong>in</strong> the manner the m<strong>on</strong>thly rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
related to c<strong>on</strong>tracts and addenda c<strong>on</strong>cluded by the Agency are processed:<br />
• the units <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s (SCD-CU, PPD-PAcU, CD-<br />
MERU, TAD) do not fill <strong>in</strong> a sole rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong> form;<br />
• the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong> between CD-MERU and SCD-CU is performed by CD-MERU<br />
tak<strong>in</strong>g over the database transmitted by SCD-CU and compar<strong>in</strong>g it with the<br />
amounts from CD-MERU – amounts taken over as well from SCD-CU; there is<br />
no other <strong>in</strong>dependent source for compar<strong>in</strong>g the amounts related to c<strong>on</strong>tracts;<br />
• the differences are expla<strong>in</strong>ed by CD-MERU and aim at round<strong>in</strong>g up the values<br />
of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts generated by denom<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, but these differences turn <strong>in</strong> tens<br />
of lei, with the risk of grow<strong>in</strong>g; this fact is not noticed <strong>in</strong> the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
between SCD-CU and PPD-PAcU;<br />
• another explanati<strong>on</strong> of the differences between the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s CD-MERU<br />
and SCD-CU is the cancelled c<strong>on</strong>tracts which are taken over <strong>in</strong> the database<br />
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by CD-MERU <strong>on</strong> the m<strong>on</strong>th the cancellati<strong>on</strong> has been performed and by SCD-<br />
CU and PPD-PAcU <strong>on</strong> the moment PPD receives the notice <strong>on</strong> the<br />
cancellati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• the differences with<strong>in</strong> the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s for the cancelled c<strong>on</strong>tracts occur also<br />
due to the transmissi<strong>on</strong> with delay of the notices regard<strong>in</strong>g the cancellati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
due to the large period of time necessary to process the de-commitment of the<br />
amounts follow<strong>in</strong>g the cancellati<strong>on</strong> (signature by OPFCU, credit ord<strong>in</strong>ator,<br />
etc.);<br />
• the registrati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> SCD-CU database of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts, addenda, cancelled<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracts or process<strong>in</strong>g the de-commitments of amounts, are not performed<br />
when the related documents are received, but at the end of the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong><br />
m<strong>on</strong>th or at a certa<strong>in</strong> period of time, by a s<strong>in</strong>gle pers<strong>on</strong> with<strong>in</strong> the unit, fact that<br />
affects the operativity of this activity and may generate errors <strong>in</strong>dependent<br />
from the resp<strong>on</strong>sible expert’s will;<br />
• the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong> between SCD-CU and CD-MERU is performed dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
m<strong>on</strong>th related to the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong> (current entries) without perform<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong> of the global values of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts under SAPARD Programme,<br />
thus there is a risk not to f<strong>in</strong>d a possible error <strong>in</strong> a prior m<strong>on</strong>th;<br />
• the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong> of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts and addenda (CP 18.J.1.) between PAcU,<br />
SCD and TAD exceeds the procedural framework because <strong>in</strong> the case of the<br />
lists with the c<strong>on</strong>tracts and addenda which are the object of the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
their acknowledgment by signature, by the pers<strong>on</strong>s resp<strong>on</strong>sible with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved parties is not proved, or the names of the pers<strong>on</strong>s who sign them are<br />
not specified.<br />
IAD recommended the follow<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
1. To perform rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s between the three units <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the process of<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g the amounts c<strong>on</strong>tracted under SAPARD Programme (SCD-CU, PPD-PAcU,<br />
CD-MERU), <strong>on</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle form. The form should <strong>in</strong>clude the explanati<strong>on</strong>s of the<br />
differences occurred, acknowledged by the three units. Thus, all the units shall know<br />
what differences related to the amounts c<strong>on</strong>tracted under SAPARD Programme may<br />
occur, not <strong>on</strong>ly the units perform<strong>in</strong>g the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s, as it happens at present (CD-<br />
MERU and SCD-CU or SCD-CU and CD-MERU). At the same time, we<br />
recommended to perform the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s m<strong>on</strong>thly <strong>on</strong> current entries and also <strong>on</strong><br />
the global amounts registered from the start of the <strong>programme</strong> up to present.<br />
2. In case the differences from the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s, which are the result of round<strong>in</strong>g up<br />
the values of the c<strong>on</strong>tracts follow<strong>in</strong>g the denom<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, tend to be significant, we<br />
recommend to take the measures for identify<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>tracts generat<strong>in</strong>g these<br />
differences and to correct the amounts <strong>in</strong> all databases at PARDF’s level.<br />
3. To establish the moment the registrati<strong>on</strong> related to the cancelled c<strong>on</strong>tracts has to<br />
be operated <strong>in</strong> the database, <strong>in</strong> order to avoid such differences with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s, c<strong>on</strong>sider<strong>in</strong>g the gaps generated by the c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> and approval of the<br />
“Proposal for committ<strong>in</strong>g expenditure”.<br />
4. In order to register <strong>in</strong> the database of SCD-CU and to perform the rec<strong>on</strong>ciliati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>tracted amounts, it is necessary to allocate more experts for this<br />
activity.<br />
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5. It has been recommended that all the <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s drawn up at units/ directorates level<br />
to <strong>in</strong>clude the positi<strong>on</strong>, name and signature of all the pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved.<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> the answers received, the audit’s op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
is the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
1. Not implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
2. Implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
3. Not implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
4. Not implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
5. Implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Incomplete procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
It has been found that after the payment of the last <strong>in</strong>stalment to the beneficiary, <strong>in</strong><br />
case there is a difference between the c<strong>on</strong>tracted value and the total paid value, <strong>in</strong><br />
lack of a document to perform the de-commitment of the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g amount, there is a<br />
large period of time the amount is unavailable to be re-committed for other c<strong>on</strong>tracts.<br />
IAD recommended tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the measures for shorten<strong>in</strong>g the deadl<strong>in</strong>e for<br />
the de-commitment of the unused amount by m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g the beneficiaries’ appeal<br />
deadl<strong>in</strong>e and by launch<strong>in</strong>g the procedure for de-committ<strong>in</strong>g these amounts.<br />
IAD c<strong>on</strong>sidered the recommendati<strong>on</strong> closed for SAPARD implementati<strong>on</strong> as the<br />
funds absorpti<strong>on</strong> degree can no l<strong>on</strong>ger be affected.<br />
Incomplete procedural provisi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
As regards the elaborati<strong>on</strong> of the “Statement of expenditure”, we found the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
deficiencies:<br />
The statement is drawn up manually by collect<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> directly from the<br />
justify<strong>in</strong>g documents, thus be<strong>in</strong>g a risk to omit certa<strong>in</strong> registrati<strong>on</strong> or writ<strong>in</strong>gs of<br />
numbers no l<strong>on</strong>ger available;<br />
The statement is drawn up by a s<strong>in</strong>gle pers<strong>on</strong> (head of PAcU), without any proof of<br />
his/hers supervisi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
This f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g has been also menti<strong>on</strong>ed before other audit missi<strong>on</strong>s, when a series of<br />
errors related to the Statement of Expenditure were found.<br />
IAD recommended the follow<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
1. Involv<strong>in</strong>g more pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> draw<strong>in</strong>g up of the Statement of Expenditures <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
assure a proper c<strong>on</strong>trol and expertise level.<br />
2. Insert<strong>in</strong>g a <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> to be the base of the State of expenditure. The <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> should be<br />
given by the account<strong>in</strong>g software, based <strong>on</strong> the account<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> the answers received, the audit’s op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong> regard<strong>in</strong>g the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
is the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
1. Implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong> ;<br />
2. Partially implemented recommendati<strong>on</strong>, as the software does not generate the<br />
Statement of Expenditures.<br />
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Deficiencies <strong>in</strong> communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
As regards the use of the payment authorizati<strong>on</strong> procedures IAD found that there are<br />
different versi<strong>on</strong>s of these procedures at PCORDF and PRCRDF levels (PRCRDF –<br />
June 11 th 2007, PCORDF – September 17 th 2007, the official <strong>on</strong>e), due to the<br />
<strong>in</strong>efficient communicati<strong>on</strong> of the procedural modificati<strong>on</strong>s operated <strong>in</strong> time at<br />
PARDF’s level, of the modificati<strong>on</strong>s operated <strong>in</strong> track-changes and of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the usage of the procedures posted <strong>on</strong> the comm<strong>on</strong> field fileserver<br />
allocated to the Methodology Unit. At the same time, there is no acknowledgment<br />
table for the experts with<strong>in</strong> PRCRDF and PCORDF regard<strong>in</strong>g the procedural<br />
modificati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
IAD recommended the improvement of both the communicati<strong>on</strong> process and of the<br />
transmissi<strong>on</strong> of documents between the entities at PARDF’s level, as well as the<br />
strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>ternal c<strong>on</strong>trol.<br />
Recommendati<strong>on</strong> partially implemented.<br />
III. 3.2 C<strong>on</strong>trol missi<strong>on</strong>s performed by C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud Directorate<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the accredited procedure, the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud Directorate (CAD),<br />
under the direct subord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of the general director of PARDF, carries out technical<br />
and f<strong>in</strong>ancial verificati<strong>on</strong>s of the projects <strong>in</strong> terms of their certificati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>formity,<br />
eligibility, selecti<strong>on</strong> and payments, ma<strong>in</strong>tenance of the eligibility <strong>on</strong> a 5-year period of<br />
time and also <strong>in</strong> terms of <strong>in</strong>ternal c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>in</strong> order to prevent fraud and also to assure<br />
the proper use of funds, observ<strong>in</strong>g the quality requirements def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the project.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol activities c<strong>on</strong>sisted <strong>in</strong>:<br />
I. The verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> and executi<strong>on</strong> stage;<br />
II. The verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects after the last payment (the ex-post verificati<strong>on</strong>).<br />
A. The verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> and executi<strong>on</strong><br />
stage<br />
1. Random sample c<strong>on</strong>trol of the projects both before and after the last payment;<br />
2. Solv<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> the limit of its competences, of the petiti<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s, appeals<br />
and notificati<strong>on</strong>s received from PARDF, from beneficiaries, natural or legal<br />
pers<strong>on</strong>s, the <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s, mass-media or self-<strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
<strong>on</strong>es <strong>on</strong> quality works with<strong>in</strong> Measure 2.1 and the other measures;<br />
3. Analysis and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of irregularities received from the other<br />
directorates/units <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the verificati<strong>on</strong> and c<strong>on</strong>trol activities and <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g><strong>in</strong>g<br />
them to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> through the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Fund with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ances;<br />
4. Analysis, documentary verificati<strong>on</strong> and, by case, <strong>on</strong>-the-spot verificati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
<strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s/requests received from other c<strong>on</strong>trol bodies, OLAF, DLAF, NAD<br />
(Nati<strong>on</strong>al Anticorrupti<strong>on</strong> Directorate).<br />
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At the same time, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, through its councillors, the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud<br />
Directorate took part <strong>in</strong>:<br />
• Commissi<strong>on</strong>s for the verificati<strong>on</strong> of certa<strong>in</strong> projects’ implementati<strong>on</strong>, to<br />
establish the damage and elaborate the F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g M<strong>in</strong>utes with the<br />
acknowledgment of a debt and the enforcement value, based <strong>on</strong> Government<br />
Ord<strong>in</strong>ance No. 79/2003 (approximately 35 c<strong>on</strong>trol activities);<br />
• Committees for solv<strong>in</strong>g the appeals to the m<strong>in</strong>utes (approximately 40 appeals)<br />
and issu<strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>al Decisi<strong>on</strong>s accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance’s<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong>s no. 79/2003.<br />
1. The random sample<br />
The random sample was established based <strong>on</strong> the “risk analysis method” of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol and anti-fraud procedure, <strong>on</strong> a percentage of 5% of the total eligible amount<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>on</strong> measure 3.1 and <strong>on</strong> a percentage of 10% of the total eligible amount<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>on</strong> measures 2.1 and 3.5.<br />
The random sample was determ<strong>in</strong>ed for each PRCRDF, based <strong>on</strong> the total number of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tracted projects and the values of these projects, tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the provisi<strong>on</strong><br />
of the c<strong>on</strong>trol procedure as:<br />
• 30% of the projects <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the random sample to be verified before the<br />
first payment;<br />
• 70% to be verified after the first payment was made.<br />
1.1. The random sample <strong>on</strong> measure 3.1<br />
Initially, all the 1,508 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted between October 2005 and June 2007 were<br />
taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>. Follow<strong>in</strong>g the analysis, 76 projects to be verified were<br />
resulted, distributed <strong>in</strong> two stages:<br />
• 27 projects <strong>in</strong> the first stage, between September 10 th , 2007 – December 15 th ,<br />
2007;<br />
• 49 projects <strong>in</strong> the sec<strong>on</strong>d stage between March 15 th , 2008 and July 15 th , 2008.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the sec<strong>on</strong>d stage, the 1,020 f<strong>in</strong>alized projects were identified and it was found<br />
that 368 projects were not f<strong>in</strong>alized. Follow<strong>in</strong>g the verificati<strong>on</strong> of the projects <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />
<strong>in</strong> the random established <strong>in</strong> August 2007, it was found that of the 49 projects, 19<br />
projects were f<strong>in</strong>alized, thus, 30 projects rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to be verified.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>trol missi<strong>on</strong>s established for the projects <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the random sample<br />
exam<strong>in</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g the sec<strong>on</strong>d stage, Measure 3.1, were carried out <strong>in</strong> compliance with<br />
the C<strong>on</strong>trol Plan approved and registered at PARDF Bucharest with no.<br />
3556/01.03.2007.<br />
It must be menti<strong>on</strong>ed that <strong>on</strong>e of these projects was cancelled after the approval of<br />
the C<strong>on</strong>trol Plan, so the c<strong>on</strong>trol had not been necessary.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the verificati<strong>on</strong> of the 29 projects of the approved C<strong>on</strong>trol Plan, the situati<strong>on</strong><br />
is as follows:<br />
a) The projects to which the irregularities were not found or the found<br />
irregularities have no f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s – 27 projects, namely 93.10%;<br />
b) The projects where the irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s were found – 2<br />
projects, namely 6.90%;<br />
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Observati<strong>on</strong>: There were c<strong>on</strong>sidered irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong>ly the<br />
irregularities which supposed to make a debt follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol.<br />
1.2. The random sample <strong>on</strong> measure 2.1<br />
In order to establish the sample <strong>on</strong> measure 2.1, all the 252 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
between January 1 st , 2006 and May 31 st , 2008 were taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
result<strong>in</strong>g 26 projects, namely 10.32%. The <strong>on</strong>-the-spot c<strong>on</strong>trol of these projects was<br />
carried out between September – November 2008, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the C<strong>on</strong>trol Plan<br />
approved and registered at PARDF Bucharest with no. 15963/28.08.2008.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol performed <strong>on</strong> the 26 projects, the c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s have been<br />
drawn up and approved by the general director, for all projects, the situati<strong>on</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g as<br />
follows:<br />
a) Projects where irregularities were not found or the irregularities found have no<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s - 23 projects, namely 88.5%.<br />
b) Projects where irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s were found – 2 projects,<br />
namely 11.5%. Report<strong>in</strong>g the amount of the debt made of 259,262.17 Lei to<br />
the total eligible amount of 26 projects from the sample of Lei 145,068,889.0,<br />
the debts made represent a percentage of 0.17%.<br />
Observati<strong>on</strong>: Only the irregularities <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g debt mak<strong>in</strong>g follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol were<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sidered irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The cases <strong>in</strong> which at the payment <strong>in</strong>stalments made until the c<strong>on</strong>trol (3 of 5 payment<br />
<strong>in</strong>stalments), values represent<strong>in</strong>g quota that were not <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the awarded tender<br />
were discounted, the recalculati<strong>on</strong> for all the payment <strong>in</strong>stalments will be made by the<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved PRCRDF and from the last payment <strong>in</strong>stalment the amount of the quota<br />
from the estimate c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> will be reta<strong>in</strong>ed, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the expenditures aris<strong>in</strong>g from<br />
this recalculati<strong>on</strong> (<strong>in</strong>direct costs, profit, VAT) which were c<strong>on</strong>sidered at this time<br />
without f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s. In these cases, the maximum amount overpaid is about<br />
179,800 Lei (about 2.5% of the total eligible amount cumulative of 2 projects of<br />
7,191,928 Lei) represent<strong>in</strong>g a rate of 0.12% of the total eligible amount of 26 projects<br />
from the sample.<br />
Thus, the formed debts represent a rate of 0.17%, which is smaller than the <strong>on</strong>e<br />
resulted from the number of projects with f<strong>in</strong>ancial irregularities from the total sample,<br />
respectively 11.5%.<br />
1.3. The random sample <strong>on</strong> measure 3.5.<br />
In order to establish the sample <strong>on</strong> measure 3.5, all the 116 projects c<strong>on</strong>tracted<br />
between January 1 st 2006 and May 31 st , 2008 were taken <strong>in</strong>to c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g these analysis, 13 projects resulted, namely 11, 21%. The <strong>on</strong>-the-spot<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol of these projects was carried out between September – November 2008,<br />
accord<strong>in</strong>g to the C<strong>on</strong>trol Plan approved and registered at PARDF Bucharest with no.<br />
15962/28.08.2008.<br />
For the 13 projects documentary and <strong>on</strong>-the-spot verified, the C<strong>on</strong>trol Reports have<br />
been drawn up and approved by the General Director and the situati<strong>on</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g as<br />
follows:<br />
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a) Projects where irregularities were not found or the irregularities found have no<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s – 13 projects, namely 100%;<br />
b) Projects where irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s were found – 0 projects,<br />
namely 0%;<br />
Only the irregularities <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g debt mak<strong>in</strong>g follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol were c<strong>on</strong>sidered<br />
irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
In a specific case, follow<strong>in</strong>g the verificati<strong>on</strong> of the works’ situati<strong>on</strong>, it was found that<br />
the c<strong>on</strong>structor <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the estimate, for the sec<strong>on</strong>d and third <strong>in</strong>stalments (three<br />
out of five payment <strong>in</strong>stalments had been paid when the c<strong>on</strong>trol took place) another<br />
quota (represent<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to the state budget) which had not been <strong>in</strong>itially<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the awarded offer. The case was c<strong>on</strong>sidered an irregularity without<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s. Thus, PRCRDF shall recalculate the works situati<strong>on</strong>s accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the estimate <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the offer and shall hold the related amounts from the next<br />
payment <strong>in</strong>stalment tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the <strong>in</strong>fluence the above-menti<strong>on</strong>ed quota<br />
might have <strong>on</strong> the <strong>in</strong>direct expenditures, profit and VAT.<br />
In case of irregularities as a result of the discovery of certa<strong>in</strong> discrepancy or errors,<br />
the regi<strong>on</strong>al directorates and offices <strong>in</strong>volved were notified to remedy these problems.<br />
2. Appeals, claims and <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
CAD has resolved 34 <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s, claims and appeals relat<strong>in</strong>g to: the manner that the<br />
tenders for goods was performed and awarded, irregularities <strong>in</strong> works’ executi<strong>on</strong>,<br />
quality’s works, the differences between PRCRDF - PAU related to a c<strong>on</strong>flict of<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> the procurement of the design services, the approval of the Addendum,<br />
cash payment of the <strong>in</strong>voices related to the works’ executi<strong>on</strong>, n<strong>on</strong> observance of the<br />
technical project <strong>in</strong> the works’ executi<strong>on</strong>, suspected fraud, over-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g, lack of the<br />
title deed for the land where the <strong>in</strong>vestment was executed, n<strong>on</strong> observance of the<br />
m<strong>in</strong>imum distances admitted between neighbourhoods. For the above-menti<strong>on</strong>ed<br />
aspects, the follow<strong>in</strong>gs have been drawn up:<br />
• 20 c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s related to the <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s and appeals;<br />
• 14 reply letters without draw<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, follow<strong>in</strong>gs have been drawn up and transmitted:<br />
• Reply letters to petiti<strong>on</strong>ers;<br />
• Inform<strong>in</strong>g letters to the local councils of the authorities that made the<br />
<strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Transmissi<strong>on</strong> of CAD’s <strong>in</strong>vestigati<strong>on</strong>s f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs to PRCRDF <strong>in</strong>volved;<br />
• Transmissi<strong>on</strong> to PRCRDF of certa<strong>in</strong> notes regard<strong>in</strong>g the obligati<strong>on</strong> to verify if<br />
the beneficiaries carried out the measures proposed by the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Anti-<br />
Fraud Directorate and to <strong>in</strong>form CAD <strong>on</strong> these verificati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
All these <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s were drawn up and submitted to CAD by:<br />
• Directorates of PARDF;<br />
• Central and local public adm<strong>in</strong>istrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s (M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture and<br />
Rural Development, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Anticorrupti<strong>on</strong> Directorate, F<strong>in</strong>ancial Guard, The<br />
Court of Account, etc)<br />
• Companies participat<strong>in</strong>g as a tenderer at the public procurement procedure;<br />
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• Natural pers<strong>on</strong>s (residents of the villages benefit<strong>in</strong>g of the SAPARD<br />
Programme)<br />
• Press articles.<br />
In order to resolve these <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s were carried out:<br />
• Documentary c<strong>on</strong>trol;<br />
• On-the-spot c<strong>on</strong>trol that c<strong>on</strong>sisted <strong>in</strong>: physical exam<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
measurements, excavati<strong>on</strong>s and sampl<strong>in</strong>g (exist<strong>in</strong>g sand), visual <strong>in</strong>specti<strong>on</strong> of<br />
them, verificati<strong>on</strong> of the purchased equipment, etc.<br />
The measures proposed by the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Anti-fraud Directorate and submitted to<br />
the entities <strong>in</strong>volved c<strong>on</strong>sisted <strong>in</strong>:<br />
• the cancellati<strong>on</strong> of the tender and the re-launch<strong>in</strong>g of the procurement<br />
procedure accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 34;<br />
• restorati<strong>on</strong> of the damaged works;<br />
• debt mak<strong>in</strong>g (over-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g, payment <strong>in</strong> cash of certa<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>voices, build<strong>in</strong>g site<br />
<strong>in</strong>spector works);<br />
• c<strong>on</strong>tract’s cancellati<strong>on</strong> (n<strong>on</strong>-observance of the eligibility criteria);<br />
• submissi<strong>on</strong> to DLAF for <strong>in</strong>vestigati<strong>on</strong> (suspici<strong>on</strong> of forged documents).<br />
Depend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> the results of DLAF’s <strong>in</strong>vestigati<strong>on</strong>, the necessary measures<br />
shall be taken;<br />
• analysis of the account<strong>in</strong>g documents related to the works executi<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tract<br />
by the F<strong>in</strong>ancial Guard;<br />
If follow<strong>in</strong>g CAD’s c<strong>on</strong>trols, no irregularities were found for the projects, it was<br />
proposed to c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ue the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the projects.<br />
3. Analyz<strong>in</strong>g and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g the irregularities<br />
In 2008, 94 irregularities with f<strong>in</strong>ancial implicati<strong>on</strong>s have been found and registered<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the analysis of the Notes <strong>on</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g irregularities, transmitted by the<br />
directorates with<strong>in</strong> PARDF and / or PRCRDF and follow<strong>in</strong>g the elaborati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g M<strong>in</strong>utes. Out of these irregularities, 40 were made debts as a result of the<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trols carried out by CAD.<br />
4. Analysis and verificati<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>in</strong>timati<strong>on</strong>s/ requests received from other<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol bodies<br />
• the documentati<strong>on</strong> related to 72 SAPARD projects was transmitted at the<br />
request of DLAF, NAD and GIP;<br />
• 124 answers were drawn up at the request of OLAF, NAD, DLAF, GIP, FG,<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Internal Affairs and Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative reform. In order to draw up these<br />
answers, 14 projects were verified <strong>on</strong> the spot follow<strong>in</strong>g the request of NAD,<br />
OLAF and respectively EC;<br />
• 11 Informati<strong>on</strong> Notes received from DLAF were processed;<br />
• 42 projects under measure 1.1 were verified documentary follow<strong>in</strong>g EC’s<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s (DG AGRI and OLAF).<br />
B. Verificati<strong>on</strong> of projects after the f<strong>in</strong>al payment (Ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol)<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 the ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol was carried out based <strong>on</strong> two c<strong>on</strong>trol plans:<br />
• Ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol plan no. 1.350/ 25.01.2008;<br />
• Ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol plan no. 13.904/ 05.08.2008.<br />
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The centraliz<strong>in</strong>g situati<strong>on</strong> of the projects verified ex-post <strong>on</strong>-the-spot by CAD dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2008, <strong>in</strong> compliance with the two c<strong>on</strong>trol plans, can be found below:<br />
Measure<br />
1.1 Improv<strong>in</strong>g process<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fishery products<br />
2.1 Development and<br />
improvement of the rural<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
3.1 Investments <strong>in</strong> agricultural<br />
hold<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
3.4 Development and<br />
diversificati<strong>on</strong> of ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />
activities<br />
Number of projects<br />
verified accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol plan<br />
no. 1.350/ 25.01.2008<br />
Number of projects<br />
verified accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol plan,<br />
semester II- 2008 no.<br />
13.904/ 05.08.2008<br />
Total<br />
5 projects 5 projects 10 projects<br />
7 projects 12 projects 19 projects<br />
15 projects 7 projects 22 projects<br />
2 projects 8 projects 10 projects<br />
Total 29 projects 32 projects 61 projects<br />
In c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>, we would like to specify that dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, <strong>in</strong> compliance with the two<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol plans, CAD – Ex-post C<strong>on</strong>trol Unit verified <strong>on</strong>-the-spot 61 f<strong>in</strong>alized projects,<br />
distributed <strong>on</strong> measures as follows:<br />
• Measure 1.1 – 10 projects;<br />
• Measure 2.1 – 19 projects;<br />
• Measure 3.1 – 22 projects;<br />
• Measure 3.4 – 10 projects.<br />
As regards the 61 projects verified ex-post <strong>on</strong>-the-spot dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the follow<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
were found:<br />
• <strong>on</strong> 10 projects (16,39%) no deficiencies were found;<br />
• <strong>on</strong> 29 (47,54%) projects, <strong>on</strong> the date of the <strong>on</strong>-the-spot c<strong>on</strong>trol, deficiencies<br />
were found. Follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol, the beneficiaries proved the remedy of<br />
the found deficiencies;<br />
• <strong>on</strong> 20 (32,79%) projects, <strong>on</strong> the date of the <strong>on</strong>-the-spot c<strong>on</strong>trol, deficiencies<br />
were found (e.g. n<strong>on</strong>-compliant advertis<strong>in</strong>g banners, not-endorsed<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment and sanitary authorizati<strong>on</strong>s, chang<strong>in</strong>g the legal/technical<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sible without <strong>in</strong>form<strong>in</strong>g PARDF, SAPARD <strong>in</strong>vestment was not<br />
highlighted <strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>ancial – account<strong>in</strong>g documents, etc.) which were not<br />
remedied. Thus, these projects are still m<strong>on</strong>itored by PARDF;<br />
• <strong>in</strong> case of 2 verified projects (3,28%) the procedure for the recovery of the<br />
n<strong>on</strong>-reimbursable f<strong>in</strong>ancial support was launched.<br />
The C<strong>on</strong>trol and Anti-fraud Directorate c<strong>on</strong>siders that the <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed above irregularities<br />
do not affect the eligibility of the projects, with the excepti<strong>on</strong> of two projects for which<br />
the procedure for the recovery of the n<strong>on</strong> reimbursable f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g assistance was<br />
launched.<br />
As regards the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g projects, <strong>in</strong> case the beneficiaries do not comply with<br />
PARDF’s requests accord<strong>in</strong>g to the c<strong>on</strong>tractual terms, the procedure for the recovery<br />
of the n<strong>on</strong>-reimbursable f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g assistance will be launched.<br />
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III. 4 The activities of the SAPARD Programme M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
The M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee for the SAPARD Programme was set up accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong>s of art. 7, secti<strong>on</strong> B of MAFA, hav<strong>in</strong>g as ma<strong>in</strong> objective to ensure the<br />
efficiency and quality of the SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The SAPARD M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee was set up through the Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister’s<br />
Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 271/04.04.2001 and has the role of exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the results of the<br />
Programme, the achievement of the objectives set out for different measures, the<br />
progress of us<strong>in</strong>g the measures’ f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong>s as well as to approve the <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
and f<strong>in</strong>al implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s before submitt<strong>in</strong>g them to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
and to exam<strong>in</strong>e the SPARAD Programme mid-term evaluati<strong>on</strong>. Also, the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> may propose to the Commissi<strong>on</strong>, via the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority, any<br />
amendment or rec<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> of the Programme <strong>in</strong> order to facilitate the<br />
achievement of the Programme’s objectives.<br />
As a structure, the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee is a collective body made up of<br />
representatives of m<strong>in</strong>istries and public authorities as well as of several professi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s and n<strong>on</strong>-governmental organizati<strong>on</strong>s. The Committee is also attended<br />
by European Commissi<strong>on</strong> officials, as observers. The president of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Committee is the m<strong>in</strong>ister of agriculture and rural development, and the secretariat of<br />
the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee is ensured by the Evaluati<strong>on</strong>, Report<strong>in</strong>g Unit from the<br />
Directorate General for Rural Development – MAFRD.<br />
The M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee carries out its activity based <strong>on</strong> an organizati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g regulati<strong>on</strong> which was adopted with<strong>in</strong> the first reuni<strong>on</strong> of the Committee <strong>on</strong><br />
28.11.2001.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2001-2008, sixteen reuni<strong>on</strong>s of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee have been carried<br />
out, out of which two dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008. Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 <strong>on</strong>e reuni<strong>on</strong> of the MC has been<br />
organized and a written procedure for approval of the SAPARD Annual Report for<br />
2007.<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s with the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s officials it was decided<br />
that the approval of the 2007 SAPARD Annual Report by the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee<br />
members, <strong>in</strong> written procedure, to be c<strong>on</strong>sidered a reuni<strong>on</strong> of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Committee, namely the 15 th .<br />
The Annual <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the SAPARD Programme implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania <strong>in</strong> 2007<br />
has been submitted for the approval of the MC members <strong>on</strong> the 5 th of June 2008 and<br />
has been approved by the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee members <strong>on</strong> the 16 th of June 2008<br />
and submitted to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the 20 th of June 2008.<br />
With<strong>in</strong> the sixteen reuni<strong>on</strong> of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee <strong>on</strong> the 25 th of November<br />
2008, several aspects were presented:<br />
• The progress of the <strong>programme</strong>’s implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• The c<strong>on</strong>trols carried out and the manner of solv<strong>in</strong>g the compla<strong>in</strong>ts received<br />
by the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery;<br />
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• Modificati<strong>on</strong> proposals of the f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g table from NPARD – reallocati<strong>on</strong><br />
with<strong>in</strong> measure 21 “Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure”;<br />
• Implementati<strong>on</strong> of the measures foreseen <strong>in</strong> the Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan set up for the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> observati<strong>on</strong>s and<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s received after the audit missi<strong>on</strong> held dur<strong>in</strong>g 3 rd – 13 th of<br />
June 2008;<br />
• The Audit <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> issued by the Audit Authority for the proper implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
of the Acti<strong>on</strong> plan;<br />
• European Commissi<strong>on</strong>’s positi<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the Romania’s request<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the prol<strong>on</strong>gati<strong>on</strong> of the term of validity of AFA 2006.<br />
With<strong>in</strong> the reuni<strong>on</strong> from the 25 th of November 2008, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for<br />
SAPARD Programme proposed, follow<strong>in</strong>g the PARDF request, the modificati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial table NPARD, respectively the reallocati<strong>on</strong> with<strong>in</strong> measure 21 “Development<br />
and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure” of 45 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
from the affected areas to the not-affected <strong>on</strong>es, without modify<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>itial amount<br />
allocated for this measure, respectively 524.81 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
For the motivati<strong>on</strong> of this proposal, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority specified that dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2000-2006, for measure 2.1 “Development and improvement of rural <strong>in</strong>frastructure” –<br />
not-affected areas, the c<strong>on</strong>tracted amount was of 575.56 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, out of which<br />
431.67 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>, aga<strong>in</strong>st 516.27 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro <strong>in</strong>itially<br />
allocated, while for the affected areas the c<strong>on</strong>tracted amount was of 60.76 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro, out of which 51.64 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>, aga<strong>in</strong>st 161.89 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Euro <strong>in</strong>itially allocated. Thus, a surpass of the c<strong>on</strong>tracted public value resulted for the<br />
not affected areas totall<strong>in</strong>g 59.29 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro and also an ec<strong>on</strong>omy for the affected<br />
areas of 101.13 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro.<br />
Also, the Community c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance” has been<br />
<strong>in</strong>creased with 0.1 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, for 2005, through redistributi<strong>on</strong> from measure 1.2<br />
“Improv<strong>in</strong>g the structures for quality, veter<strong>in</strong>ary, and plant-health c<strong>on</strong>trol, for the<br />
quality of foodstuffs and for c<strong>on</strong>sumer protecti<strong>on</strong>” <strong>in</strong> order for the f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong><br />
level to corresp<strong>on</strong>d to the value foreseen <strong>in</strong> the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>programme</strong> elaborated for<br />
this measure.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g the MC reuni<strong>on</strong> from November 2008, it has been discussed the manner of<br />
reimburs<strong>in</strong>g to the Commissi<strong>on</strong> all the amount earned with<strong>in</strong> the SAPARD euro<br />
account, <strong>in</strong> accordance with the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of article 10 (3), Secti<strong>on</strong> A of the Annex to<br />
the Multi-Annual F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Agreement, underl<strong>in</strong>g, at the same time, the necessity of<br />
a meet<strong>in</strong>g with the EC representatives <strong>in</strong> order to clarify these aspects and to<br />
establish the procedure for reimburs<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
III. 5 M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluati<strong>on</strong> system<br />
The m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of SAPARD Programme is performed us<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>dicators<br />
corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to the specific character of the assistance and socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />
structural and envir<strong>on</strong>mental situati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Romania.<br />
At PARDF’s level the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicators are grouped as follows: regi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicators, f<strong>in</strong>ancial m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicators and achievement <strong>in</strong>dicators.<br />
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The regi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>in</strong>dicators give <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the positi<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD aid tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to<br />
account the development regi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> Romania. They are very useful to po<strong>in</strong>t out the<br />
correlati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme and regi<strong>on</strong>al development strategies.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicators deal with the degree of the f<strong>in</strong>ancial allocati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
executi<strong>on</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g out, for the entire Programme and each measure, the total eligible<br />
costs <strong>programme</strong>d, committed and executed. These <strong>in</strong>dicators can be used as an<br />
<strong>in</strong>strument to <strong>programme</strong> the allocati<strong>on</strong>s at nati<strong>on</strong>al and regi<strong>on</strong>al level. At the same<br />
time the <strong>in</strong>dicators signal deficiencies that can occur dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
Programme regard<strong>in</strong>g allocati<strong>on</strong>s – commitments – payments flow.<br />
Achievement <strong>in</strong>dicators measure the direct effects appeared as a result of the<br />
activities performed with<strong>in</strong> each measure under the Programme, quantify<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
operati<strong>on</strong>al objectives of the measures. For <strong>in</strong>stance, the number of the approved<br />
projects, the <strong>in</strong>volved capacities, the eligible costs, the public c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> paid to the<br />
beneficiaries <strong>in</strong> order to <strong>in</strong>vest <strong>in</strong> mach<strong>in</strong>e work capacities, stor<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g<br />
capacities (measure 1.1), or for the modernizati<strong>on</strong> of communal roads (measure 2.1)<br />
are achievement <strong>in</strong>dicators.<br />
The m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g activity supposes the cooperati<strong>on</strong> of the parties <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> this<br />
process at nati<strong>on</strong>al and regi<strong>on</strong>al levels. At local level, the experts resp<strong>on</strong>sible with the<br />
m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Regi<strong>on</strong>al Centres for Rural Development and Fishery of<br />
SAPARD Programme m<strong>on</strong>thly collect primary data and fill the regi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>in</strong><br />
the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables.<br />
The m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g regi<strong>on</strong>al <strong>in</strong>dicators are to be transmitted to the<br />
headquarters, where they are centralized and based <strong>on</strong> these the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicators at nati<strong>on</strong>al level are obta<strong>in</strong>ed.<br />
The m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables approved by the top management of PARDF are then<br />
transmitted to the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority which forwards them to the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> to prepare the meet<strong>in</strong>gs of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committees.<br />
Detailed <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> is presented <strong>in</strong> ”M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Indicators” Annexes (F<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
Tables – Annex 1, M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables – Annex 2, Approved Projects – Annex 3).<br />
To ensure an efficient system to trace and po<strong>in</strong>t out the SAPARD Programme’s<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> stage, a series of acti<strong>on</strong>s related to m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g reflected <strong>in</strong> various<br />
daily, weekly or m<strong>on</strong>thly situati<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g the collecti<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>in</strong> different stages a project goes through: applicati<strong>on</strong>, selecti<strong>on</strong>,<br />
notificati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g, payment claim applicati<strong>on</strong>, payment authorizati<strong>on</strong> and the<br />
actual payment of the <strong>in</strong>stalment.<br />
III. 6 Measures taken to correct problems identified <strong>in</strong> Programme’s<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
Acti<strong>on</strong>s regard<strong>in</strong>g procedures’ improvement:<br />
Follow<strong>in</strong>g the letter of observati<strong>on</strong>s AGRI J 5/ GK/ DG/ D (2008) 20525, <strong>in</strong> July 2008,<br />
the Agency launched the process for the c<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong> of the procedure manuals<br />
used under SAPARD Programme, <strong>in</strong> order to <strong>in</strong>clude the observati<strong>on</strong>s issued by<br />
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EC’s auditors. Thus, <strong>on</strong> September 26 th , 2008, Instructi<strong>on</strong> no. 118 was issued and<br />
submitted to the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ances – Pay<strong>in</strong>g and Certify<strong>in</strong>g Authority.<br />
All the recommendati<strong>on</strong>s of the EC’s experts were discussed, and the amend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
proposals were <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>solidated versi<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD’s procedures<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g all the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s issued up to that moment.<br />
Methodology Unit<br />
With<strong>in</strong> the methodology’s procedure manual, the <strong>in</strong>ternal c<strong>on</strong>trol system regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the management of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s has been improved. The chapter “Amend<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
accredited procedures by <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s” <strong>in</strong>cluded a sub-chapter related to the<br />
methodology for submitt<strong>in</strong>g, implement<strong>in</strong>g and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s by<br />
PRCRDF and PCORDF.<br />
As regards the standard model of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and the flow of their submissi<strong>on</strong>, at<br />
PARDF’s level, the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the methodology’s procedure are implemented, with<br />
specific menti<strong>on</strong>s related to:<br />
• Sett<strong>in</strong>g up at the PRCRDF and PCORDF’s level certa<strong>in</strong> specific registers for<br />
record<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g the standard format of the registers with<strong>in</strong><br />
the procedure;<br />
• Submitt<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s to PRCRDF and PCORDF, <strong>in</strong> order to be<br />
implemented, accompanied by an official letter signed by the PARDF’s<br />
General Director for fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the audit trail.<br />
• Fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> two new forms at the PRCRDF/PCORDF/PARDF’s level:<br />
- Instructi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> regard<strong>in</strong>g the manual/the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> no....../date;<br />
- Note for acknowledgement of the manual’s receipt / of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Also, there is an electr<strong>on</strong>ic register to record the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s with <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s where the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> was submitted, the submissi<strong>on</strong>’s date,<br />
the date when the EC’s resp<strong>on</strong>se was received, the accredited procedure manual,<br />
etc., as well as a register <strong>on</strong> paper with <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s, with the identificati<strong>on</strong> data of<br />
each <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The electr<strong>on</strong>ic register was improved by add<strong>in</strong>g two new secti<strong>on</strong>s relat<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
number and the address’ date of the submissi<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> to the regi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
centres and county offices, as well as the date to implement the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
With<strong>in</strong> the Procurements Unit, Instructi<strong>on</strong> no. 118/26.09.2008 for the modificati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the procurements procedure for public beneficiaries of SAPARD Programme was<br />
issued. By this Instructi<strong>on</strong> all the <strong>in</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and circular letters previously issued<br />
were <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the accredited Manual.<br />
In parallel with the c<strong>on</strong>trol activity, CAD worked at:<br />
• improv<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol procedure <strong>on</strong> SAPARD follow<strong>in</strong>g the DG-AGRI’s<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s made <strong>in</strong> the Observati<strong>on</strong>s Letter <strong>on</strong> July 2008 issued as a<br />
result of the DG-AGRI’s missi<strong>on</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g June 2008;<br />
• draw<strong>in</strong>g up the Acti<strong>on</strong> Plan requested by the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> (EC). This<br />
acti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sisted <strong>in</strong>:<br />
- Modify<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>trol procedure as the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> did not<br />
accept the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the Instructi<strong>on</strong> 105;<br />
- Draw<strong>in</strong>g up a random sample <strong>in</strong>creased to 15% for the not completed<br />
projects, until 30.11.2008;<br />
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- Participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> numerous meet<strong>in</strong>gs with the Certify<strong>in</strong>g and Pay<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Authority (CPA) and the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority (MA);<br />
IT Unit<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the IT Unit has launched the sett<strong>in</strong>g up of a database which c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s all<br />
the projects that were submitted with<strong>in</strong> the SAPARD Programme. On August 31 st ,<br />
2008, the procedure for load<strong>in</strong>g the database with all <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> was launched so at<br />
the moment the database c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s all SAPARD projects submitted with<strong>in</strong> SAPARD<br />
Programme, all addenda related to each project and also c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s all the payment<br />
<strong>in</strong>stalments (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g all the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> related to the payment order that the<br />
respective transacti<strong>on</strong> has been made).<br />
The objectives of the IT System are:<br />
• development of a database <strong>in</strong> compliance with the requirements received from<br />
the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• design<strong>in</strong>g and draw<strong>in</strong>g up the models for collect<strong>in</strong>g the necessary <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
from the f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g applicati<strong>on</strong>’s files and from the submitted projects’ files;<br />
• develop<strong>in</strong>g the procedures for sav<strong>in</strong>g and restor<strong>in</strong>g the data;<br />
• develop<strong>in</strong>g the policies to ensure the data’s security and the access to the<br />
database, develop<strong>in</strong>g and provid<strong>in</strong>g a mechanism for grant<strong>in</strong>g the access’<br />
rights at user level;<br />
• provid<strong>in</strong>g export format of the database to the European Commissi<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• develop<strong>in</strong>g a daily record of a data <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong> the database;<br />
• design<strong>in</strong>g, draw<strong>in</strong>g up and develop<strong>in</strong>g certa<strong>in</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
process of load<strong>in</strong>g data.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>serti<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> the database is drawn up by the experts of<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g Directorate and Projects Payments Directorate (at Central level) and by<br />
the experts of F<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g Applicati<strong>on</strong> Verificati<strong>on</strong> Unit and Payment Claim Verificati<strong>on</strong><br />
Unit (at regi<strong>on</strong>al level). The experts have rights either to <strong>in</strong>sert data or to view data <strong>in</strong><br />
accordance with certa<strong>in</strong> decisi<strong>on</strong>s of the PARDF’s Director General, depend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong><br />
the needs of each office separately.<br />
In order to <strong>in</strong>sert data <strong>in</strong> the SAPARD database, all the experts have been tra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
through tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sessi<strong>on</strong>s by IT experts <strong>in</strong> charge with the management of the<br />
database. In order to understand all the procedures for the automatic process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
data, an operat<strong>in</strong>g manual has also been created. This manual is necessary to<br />
ensure that the product is <strong>in</strong> compliance with the standards <strong>in</strong> the field and/or the<br />
technical specificati<strong>on</strong>s of the database. It is the resp<strong>on</strong>sibility of all employees to<br />
apply the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the manual.<br />
This manual is distributed to all the experts who operate <strong>in</strong> the database. Depend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>on</strong> the modificati<strong>on</strong>s of the database, the manual is periodically updated by the<br />
Directorates whose <strong>in</strong>terface is changed.<br />
The manual presents the applicati<strong>on</strong> field, the categories of the users and the people<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the process, def<strong>in</strong>es the <strong>in</strong>serti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>to the system, the procedures for<br />
load<strong>in</strong>g and updat<strong>in</strong>g the database, output <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, ma<strong>in</strong>tenance of the database. The<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g support, the sheets <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the names of the participants to the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and<br />
the assessments of tra<strong>in</strong>ed experts are <strong>in</strong> possessi<strong>on</strong> of the Human Resources<br />
Directorate.<br />
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Measures related to endowment<br />
In order to ensure the endowments necessary for the optimum progress of the<br />
activities, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, beside the current functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g expenditures, procurements<br />
from the Agency’s own budget <strong>in</strong> total value of 3,543.600 lei, were performed. The<br />
procurements completed the exist<strong>in</strong>g endowments and their ma<strong>in</strong>tenance. At the<br />
same time, other requests occurred, as follows:<br />
1. Servers - 3 pieces;<br />
2. Computers for new employees – 127 pieces;<br />
3. GPS receivers for <strong>on</strong>-the-spot measurement -11 pieces;<br />
4. Computer peripherals ( switch, hard-disk);<br />
5. Soft for SAPARD projects data base, as well as assistance services;<br />
6. C<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong>, arrangement and rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> works for PRCRDF Satu Mare<br />
headquarters;<br />
7. Reparati<strong>on</strong> works, space redistributi<strong>on</strong>, hygiene of headquarters, as well as<br />
arrang<strong>in</strong>g archiv<strong>in</strong>g spaces for all applicants;<br />
8. Office furniture for the new employees and completi<strong>on</strong> of the existent<br />
endowments;<br />
9. Spare parts and comp<strong>on</strong>ents for pr<strong>in</strong>ters, copy mach<strong>in</strong>es, fax mach<strong>in</strong>es and<br />
other IT peripherals;<br />
10. Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance services for the IT peripherals, teleph<strong>on</strong>e central, <strong>in</strong>formatics<br />
applicati<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
11. Stati<strong>on</strong>ary and other office supplies;<br />
12. Metallic shelves for archiv<strong>in</strong>g spaces to complete the existent endowment;<br />
13. Bookb<strong>in</strong>dery and archiv<strong>in</strong>g documents services;<br />
14. C<strong>on</strong>sultancy services for PARDF accreditati<strong>on</strong> accord<strong>in</strong>g to ISO 27 001<br />
standard;<br />
15. Ensur<strong>in</strong>g vehicles for employees, as well as the materials requested for<br />
perform<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>on</strong>-the-spot check<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> all the areas of the country where<br />
these acti<strong>on</strong>s were carried out.<br />
Measures regard<strong>in</strong>g the ensur<strong>in</strong>g of the necessary staff<br />
Start<strong>in</strong>g with July 2008, based <strong>on</strong> G.E.O. no. 65/2008 <strong>on</strong> the amendment and<br />
completi<strong>on</strong> of G.E.O. 13/2006 regard<strong>in</strong>g the establishment, organizati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery, by reorganiz<strong>in</strong>g<br />
SAPARD Agency, as well as for sett<strong>in</strong>g up of some measures regard<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the effectiveness of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g and Interventi<strong>on</strong> Agency for Agriculture, the number<br />
of the job positi<strong>on</strong>s of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery was<br />
supplemented by 350 positi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Also, the m<strong>in</strong>ister’s for agriculture and rural development order no. 152/4 th of July<br />
2008 regard<strong>in</strong>g the approval of the organizati<strong>on</strong>al structure, the organiz<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g regulati<strong>on</strong> and the number of positi<strong>on</strong>s for PARDF, was issued.<br />
The approved number of positi<strong>on</strong>s was of 1,613 and the distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the three<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong> levels of the Agency was the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
• At central level : 323 positi<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• At regi<strong>on</strong>al level: 451 positi<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• At county level: 839 positi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
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On December 31 st , 2008 the degree of fill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the job positi<strong>on</strong>s was of 90%.<br />
Out of the total approved number of 1,613 of positi<strong>on</strong>s, 1,461 positi<strong>on</strong>s have been<br />
filled <strong>in</strong> and 152 are vacant and distributed as follows:<br />
• At central level: out of 323 of approved positi<strong>on</strong>s, 277 have been filled <strong>in</strong> and<br />
46 are vacant.<br />
• At regi<strong>on</strong>al level: out of 451 of approved positi<strong>on</strong>s, 405 have been filled <strong>in</strong> and<br />
46 are vacant.<br />
• At county level: out of 839 of approved positi<strong>on</strong>s, 779 have been filled <strong>in</strong> and<br />
60 are vacant.<br />
At central level with<strong>in</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>trol and Antifraud Directorate the positi<strong>on</strong> number was<br />
supplemented with 15 positi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> order to ensure the efficiency of the ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
activity.<br />
At the regi<strong>on</strong>al level, the number of positi<strong>on</strong>s for the experts with ex-post c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
attributi<strong>on</strong>s was supplemented by 17 positi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The distributi<strong>on</strong> of the staff <strong>on</strong> levels accord<strong>in</strong>g to the attributi<strong>on</strong>s is the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
Level of<br />
Attributi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Staff no.<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong><br />
SAPARD<br />
EAFRD<br />
CENTRAL 323 53 270<br />
REGIONAL 451 155 296<br />
COUNTY 839 239 600<br />
TOTAL 1,613 447 1,166<br />
Measures of staff tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
The professi<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of PARDF staff aimed at strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the professi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
competences accord<strong>in</strong>g to the job positi<strong>on</strong> requirements and the strategy of<br />
Agency’s development c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the follow<strong>in</strong>g fields: security of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
measures of rural development c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g the evaluati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g, authoriz<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and payment account<strong>in</strong>g, debts recover<strong>in</strong>g, legislati<strong>on</strong>, management,<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong> processes and unitary applicati<strong>on</strong> of the work<strong>in</strong>g procedures<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the SAPARD and EAFRD Programmes. The number of employees<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sessi<strong>on</strong>s was of 1400. The SAPARD attributi<strong>on</strong> staff<br />
benefited of <strong>in</strong>ternal tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sessi<strong>on</strong>s, EFARD attributi<strong>on</strong>s staff benefited both<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternal tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g regard<strong>in</strong>g the way of applicati<strong>on</strong> the work<strong>in</strong>g procedures, as well<br />
as tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sessi<strong>on</strong>s with<strong>in</strong>:<br />
• RO2006/IB/AG/02 Tw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g Project "Organizati<strong>on</strong> of the appropriate structures<br />
to ensure the absorpti<strong>on</strong> of the European funds after accessi<strong>on</strong>”<br />
• Phare Programme 2005 "Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the staff with<strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong><br />
the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Program of Rural development and<br />
Operati<strong>on</strong>al Programme for Fishery and the potential beneficiaries”<br />
• RO2004/016-772.03.02.01.02 Phare Program "Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for the staff of<br />
Management Authority <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the programm<strong>in</strong>g process and<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of the system c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g EAFRD and EFF".<br />
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III. 7 Assur<strong>in</strong>g the promoti<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme <strong>in</strong> Romania<br />
The promoti<strong>on</strong> activity of SAPARD Programme dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 was achieved ma<strong>in</strong>ly<br />
through the presentati<strong>on</strong> of the Programme’s implementati<strong>on</strong> stage, by press<br />
releases and public <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>, successful projects implemented us<strong>in</strong>g SAPARD<br />
funds and also achieved with<strong>in</strong> the specific public events.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>sider<strong>in</strong>g that s<strong>in</strong>ce 2007 <strong>in</strong>vestment projects for f<strong>in</strong>ancial support under SAPARD<br />
Programme can no l<strong>on</strong>ger be submitted, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural<br />
Development and Fishery (PARDF) did not <strong>in</strong>itiated any advertis<strong>in</strong>g campaigns of the<br />
Programme, the specific activity be<strong>in</strong>g based <strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> activities regard<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
progress of the SAPARD Programme.<br />
In this respect, PARDF carried out a series of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> activities, namely:<br />
• Presentati<strong>on</strong> of models of projects implemented under SAPARD;<br />
• Draw<strong>in</strong>g up and distribut<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formative materials;<br />
• Participati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong> events;<br />
• Fil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> and updat<strong>in</strong>g PARDF’s website.<br />
Inform<strong>in</strong>g the potential beneficiaries<br />
In 2008 the experts of PARDF from the central, regi<strong>on</strong>al and county levels <strong>in</strong>formed<br />
9,400 potential beneficiaries through direct or teleph<strong>on</strong>e discussi<strong>on</strong>s, e-mail and<br />
letters.<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong> to the accessi<strong>on</strong> and implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Programme of Rural<br />
Development 2007 – 2013, the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> provided by the specialized department<br />
(Promoti<strong>on</strong>, Communicati<strong>on</strong> and Mass-Media Relati<strong>on</strong>s Directorate - PCMMRD) and<br />
by the resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the advertis<strong>in</strong>g campaigns at regi<strong>on</strong>al and county levels was<br />
focused <strong>on</strong> the progress of SAPARD Programme, especially as regards the<br />
payments executi<strong>on</strong> process.<br />
The m<strong>on</strong>thly rate of people who requested <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the n<strong>on</strong>-reimbursable funds<br />
is more than 40 people daily. Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> was provided to potential<br />
beneficiaries, as follows: the largest rate - teleph<strong>on</strong>e communicati<strong>on</strong> (6,000 requests)<br />
followed by <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> paper support (2,000 applicati<strong>on</strong>s) and the direct<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> at the head office (1,400 meet<strong>in</strong>gs).<br />
At the same time, <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the payments status under SAPARD Programme,<br />
<strong>on</strong> successful SAPARD projects and implementati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD <strong>in</strong> Romania, were<br />
given dur<strong>in</strong>g the specific public events. Thus, PARDF participated to 999 acti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g 25,202 people.<br />
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Follow<strong>in</strong>g the discussi<strong>on</strong>s dur<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> activities, it was observed that a<br />
large part of the potential beneficiaries of the EAFRD are already prepared to access<br />
the European funds also due to the fact that examples <strong>on</strong> successful <strong>in</strong>vestments<br />
implemented under SAPARD Programme were promoted.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g up and distribut<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>al materials<br />
The SAPARD Programme’s advertis<strong>in</strong>g was assured dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008 by <strong>in</strong>formative<br />
materials present<strong>in</strong>g successful projects implemented with European SAPARD funds.<br />
For this purpose a Newsletter of PARDF was drawn up and sent to media and<br />
PARDF’s target public - beneficiaries of the SAPARD Programme, potential<br />
beneficiaries of EAFRD and EFF, local op<strong>in</strong>i<strong>on</strong> leaders, public <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s that<br />
PARDF collaborates with, educati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s (Academy of Ec<strong>on</strong>omic Sciences,<br />
Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Institute for Research<br />
Development for Land C<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong>) associati<strong>on</strong>s, employers, organizati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> the<br />
agricultural-<strong>in</strong>dustrial field, natural and legal entities operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the field of<br />
agriculture or rural development, public county and communal <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s (town<br />
halls, county councils, prefectures).<br />
Aspects and technical difficulties related to access<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>programme</strong>, the soluti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
for their settlement and presentati<strong>on</strong>s of the successful projects implemented by the<br />
beneficiaries of the n<strong>on</strong>-reimbursable funds provided by the SAPARD Programme<br />
were <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> PARDF’s Newsletter.<br />
3 Newsletters of PARDF were drawn up <strong>in</strong> March, May and June 2008.<br />
Participati<strong>on</strong> at advertis<strong>in</strong>g events<br />
PARDF took part and represented the SAPARD and NPRD <strong>programme</strong>s through<br />
PCMMRD at the most important events specialized <strong>in</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong>, organized by the<br />
Presidency of Romania, MAFRD, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania,<br />
Romexpo.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g these events, PARDF’s representatives presented the opportunities offered<br />
under SAPARD and EAFRD, distributed <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>al materials and provided to the<br />
target audience detailed <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the manner to obta<strong>in</strong> n<strong>on</strong>-reimbursable funds.<br />
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Major events where PARDF participated:<br />
• Thematic sem<strong>in</strong>ars <strong>on</strong> European fund<strong>in</strong>g, organized by the Chamber of<br />
Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIRB); Nati<strong>on</strong>al C<strong>on</strong>ferences <strong>on</strong> the<br />
possibilities of EFARD f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g - organized by Prefectures and County<br />
Councils;<br />
• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Fair for Agriculture INDAGRA Farm and INDAGRA Food -<br />
Romexpo;<br />
• Fair for Agriculture FINAGRA 2008;<br />
• Internati<strong>on</strong>al Agriculture Fair "Green Week 2008 - Berl<strong>in</strong>;<br />
• "Rustica Romania” Fair and "Europlant Protecti<strong>on</strong>" Fair;<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sessi<strong>on</strong>s for <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and professi<strong>on</strong>al perfecti<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
representatives of local authorities - organized by Eurocom;<br />
• Nati<strong>on</strong>al fair for tourist fund<strong>in</strong>g - organized by MTCT;<br />
• Fair f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g for SMEs - TIMM 2008;<br />
• PROFINN f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g fair;<br />
• Events organized by foreign embassies - the Netherlands, Turkey, Austria.<br />
Promoti<strong>on</strong> of the SAPARD Programme<br />
Inform<strong>in</strong>g the potential beneficiaries through mass-media was particularly effective<br />
due to the credibility of the media am<strong>on</strong>g the public and due to the large number of<br />
people who receive <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> very short period of time.<br />
Therefore, even if the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and Fishery began the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of EFARD <strong>in</strong> 2008, it c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued to pay special attenti<strong>on</strong> to the<br />
promoti<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme through:<br />
Press releases:<br />
• 4 press releases were sent to the mass-media. The releases referred to the<br />
acti<strong>on</strong> plan undertaken to resume the payments to the beneficiaries of the<br />
SAPARD Programme, as well as to the manner these payments were<br />
resumed. All of these press releases were entirely published by the press,<br />
with positive references.<br />
Effective communicati<strong>on</strong> with mass-media:<br />
• One of the most important objectives of the communicati<strong>on</strong> with the massmedia<br />
is ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a permanent communicati<strong>on</strong> with the media by<br />
ensur<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>tact with the management of PARDF through fast and<br />
complete <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> of journalists;<br />
• Over 20 answers to journalists' requests were sent to the mass-media (the<br />
Press Agencies and TV). Most of these resp<strong>on</strong>ses referred to the<br />
successful implementati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD projects, the clarificati<strong>on</strong> of some<br />
technical implementati<strong>on</strong> aspects and to the number and value of all<br />
SAPARD projects that were f<strong>in</strong>alized, sometimes emphasis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> the<br />
hierarchy of development regi<strong>on</strong>s of the country;<br />
• Follow<strong>in</strong>g the answers given to the journalists, there were requested and<br />
elaborated materials which were broadcasted with<strong>in</strong> the news bullet<strong>in</strong>s of<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al televisi<strong>on</strong> stati<strong>on</strong>s (ProTV, Antena1, RealitateaTV), televisi<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>terviews (TVR, M<strong>on</strong>ey Channel) and radio <strong>in</strong>terviews (Radio Antena<br />
Satelor, Radio Romania Actualitati), most of them with positive references.<br />
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III. 8 Us<strong>in</strong>g the Technical Assistance<br />
Measure 4.1 “Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”<br />
As regards Measure 4.1 “Improvement of vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”, 5 projects have been<br />
approved by the end of 2008, <strong>in</strong> value of 13,287.55 thousand lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g 3.65<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> Euro. All these projects have been c<strong>on</strong>tracted <strong>in</strong> 2005.<br />
The approved projects ensure the improvement of the vocati<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for<br />
producti<strong>on</strong> practices, the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the heads of agricultural and forestry hold<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong><br />
the ec<strong>on</strong>omical, technical and legal fields, the diversificati<strong>on</strong> or the re-orientati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
different activities <strong>in</strong> rural area, the process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g of agricultural and<br />
fishery products accord<strong>in</strong>g to specific technologies, the protecti<strong>on</strong> of the envir<strong>on</strong>ment,<br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g up of producers’ groups and the promoti<strong>on</strong> of their objectives, pr<strong>in</strong>ciples and<br />
functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g, as well as the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the members of the certified producers’ groups,<br />
<strong>in</strong> order to improve their activity.<br />
All the projects f<strong>in</strong>anced under this measure were f<strong>in</strong>alized by December 31 st 2008<br />
and payments <strong>in</strong> value of 10,521.61 thousands Lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g 3.03 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro,<br />
have been authorized and executed.<br />
Measure 4.2 “Technical Assistance”<br />
10 projects <strong>in</strong> value of 5,839.98 thousand Lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g 1.54 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro, have<br />
been approved by the end of 2008 under the technical assistance measure.<br />
The approved projects ensure technical assistance for the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee (1<br />
project), nati<strong>on</strong>al workshops (2 projects), <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and advertis<strong>in</strong>g campaigns (2<br />
projects), tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g studies for other measures (2 projects), development of a data<br />
base c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g reference prices (1 project) and the accomplishment of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>termediary assessment of the Programme (2 projects).<br />
All the projects f<strong>in</strong>anced under this measure were f<strong>in</strong>alized by December 31 st 2008<br />
and payments <strong>in</strong> value of 5,214.57 thousands Lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g 1.42 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro,<br />
have been authorized and executed.<br />
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III. 9 Compliance of the complementarity pr<strong>in</strong>ciple between community funds<br />
and nati<strong>on</strong>al funds<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s of the art. 3 ”Complementarity and technical assistance“<br />
from the Council Regulati<strong>on</strong> (EC). 1268/1999 <strong>on</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>ancial aid of the pre-accessi<strong>on</strong><br />
measures for agriculture and rural development <strong>in</strong> the candidate countries of Central<br />
and Eastern Europe <strong>in</strong> the pre-accessi<strong>on</strong> period, "Community acti<strong>on</strong> complements<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al acti<strong>on</strong>s appropriate or c<strong>on</strong>tribute to them." To these provisi<strong>on</strong>s, the<br />
Romanian Government promotes a policy to support the agricultural producers.<br />
In 2008, under the f<strong>in</strong>ancial support programs promoted by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture,<br />
Forests and Rural Development, the budget approved by our <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2008, was<br />
allocated the sum of 3,127,090,019 Lei, for the payments to farmers from the state<br />
budget.<br />
The dest<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of these funds was as follows:<br />
• 461,295,430 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g support for farmers <strong>in</strong> the form of value bills for<br />
purchase of diesel, seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides for crop<br />
establishment <strong>in</strong> autumn 2007 under Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
123/2006 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 871/2007 amended by Government<br />
Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 492/2008;<br />
• 143,970,395 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support to farmers <strong>in</strong> the livestock<br />
sector <strong>in</strong> 2007, based <strong>on</strong> Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 123/2006<br />
and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 141/2007, of which:<br />
- pigs classified Class E 35,909,760 lei<br />
- pigs classified Class U 12,750,400 lei<br />
- bov<strong>in</strong>es 1,196,300 lei<br />
- sows 1,966,200 lei<br />
- chicken 40,282,862 lei<br />
- milk 45,755,791 lei<br />
- bee families 5,001,980 lei<br />
- combat of varroasis 901,152 lei<br />
- restock<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> hives 15,900 lei<br />
- test dissecti<strong>on</strong> 88,790 lei<br />
• 318,510,595 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g complementary nati<strong>on</strong>al direct payments <strong>in</strong><br />
livestock sector, <strong>in</strong> 2007, accord<strong>in</strong>g to M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 295/2007 and<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 985/2007, out of which:<br />
- bov<strong>in</strong>es 259,834,170 lei (out of which part I 252,868,500 lei);<br />
- sheep and goats 58,545,105 lei (out of which part II 43,122,980 lei).<br />
• 570,964,572 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support for agricultural producers <strong>in</strong> the<br />
livestock sector <strong>in</strong> 2008, based <strong>on</strong> Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
123/2006 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 3/2008, of which:<br />
- pigs classified Class E 125,330,700 lei<br />
- pigs classified Class U 30,396,150 lei<br />
- bov<strong>in</strong>es 2,664,550 lei<br />
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- sows 4,894,425 lei<br />
- chicken 190,286,083 lei<br />
- eggs 39,999,523 lei<br />
- milk cow 165,405,386 lei<br />
- bee families 11,000,000 lei<br />
• 476,170,825 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g complementary nati<strong>on</strong>al direct payments <strong>in</strong><br />
livestock sector <strong>in</strong> 2008, respectively bov<strong>in</strong>es, accord<strong>in</strong>g to M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order<br />
no. 295/2007 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 1230/2008, out of which<br />
443,343,600 lei for bov<strong>in</strong>es and 32,827,225 lei for sheep;<br />
• 10,096,338 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support to agricultural producers <strong>in</strong><br />
vegetal sector, <strong>in</strong> 2007, based <strong>on</strong> Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
123/2006 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 463/2007 modified through<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 570/2008, out of which:<br />
- operat<strong>in</strong>g groups producers 240,000 lei<br />
- system implementati<strong>on</strong> EUREPGAG 92,051 lei<br />
- vegetable greenhouse 1,533,590 lei<br />
- mushrooms 329,729 lei<br />
- vegetables and fruit for process<strong>in</strong>g 6,063,769 lei<br />
- v<strong>in</strong>eyard sector 375,192 lei<br />
- potatoes for process<strong>in</strong>g 1,420,075 lei<br />
- medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic herbs 41,932 lei<br />
- flowers, ornamental and dendrological plants 84,650 lei<br />
• 16,595,263 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g the state <strong>in</strong>surance for <strong>in</strong>frastructure operat<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
land improvements <strong>in</strong> 2007, based <strong>on</strong> Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
123/2006 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 463/2007;<br />
• 56,164,502 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support to agricultural producers <strong>in</strong> the<br />
vegetal sector <strong>in</strong> 2008, based <strong>on</strong> Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
123/2006 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 570/2008, out of which:<br />
- system implementati<strong>on</strong> EUREPGAG 42,496 lei<br />
- greenhouse vegetables 19,972,266 lei<br />
- mushrooms 3,527,799 lei<br />
- vegetables and fruits for process<strong>in</strong>g 5,728,234 lei<br />
- purchas<strong>in</strong>g of packag<strong>in</strong>g for vegetables 985,470 lei<br />
- purchas<strong>in</strong>g of packag<strong>in</strong>g for fruits 283,787 lei<br />
- v<strong>in</strong>eyard sector 21,286,398 lei<br />
- potatoes for process<strong>in</strong>g 1,449,181 lei<br />
- medic<strong>in</strong>al and aromatic herbs 3,539,816 lei<br />
- flowers, ornamental and dendrological plants 60,975 lei<br />
• 106,393,190 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support for diesel purchase <strong>in</strong> order to<br />
make the mechanized works for sett<strong>in</strong>g up crops <strong>in</strong> spr<strong>in</strong>g and autumn 2008 <strong>in</strong><br />
compliance with the Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 277/2008, modified by<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 829/2008 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 1154/2008<br />
and M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 174/2008, M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 485/2008, M<strong>in</strong>ister’s<br />
Order no. 568/2008 and M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 174/2008;<br />
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• 15,794,545 lei represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support for seed for sow<strong>in</strong>g plants <strong>in</strong> the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial year 2007/2008, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 1611/2006;<br />
• 91,604,529 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g the public funds granted to agricultural producers,<br />
under the Agricultural Credit Law no. 150/2003;<br />
• 31,409,891 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support granted to the agricultural<br />
producers for the producti<strong>on</strong> of sugar beet and rice made <strong>in</strong> 2007, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 1577/2007, out of which:<br />
- 19,692,279 lei for sugar beet (656,409 to)<br />
- 11.717.612 for rice (23,435 to)<br />
• 31,512,000 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support, granted to the agricultural<br />
producers for a quantity of 105,040 t<strong>on</strong>es soybean producti<strong>on</strong> performed <strong>in</strong><br />
2007, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 1576/2007;<br />
• 233,468,263 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support, granted to the agricultural<br />
producers <strong>in</strong> accordance with “the m<strong>in</strong>imis aid” scheme for sett<strong>in</strong>g up<br />
agricultural crops <strong>in</strong> autumn 2008, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no.<br />
1153/2008;<br />
- wheat - 181,467,201 lei,<br />
- rape - 29,469,380 lei,<br />
- barley/raw barley - 18,320,795 lei,<br />
- other crops - 4,210,886 lei;<br />
• 45,184,921 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g the functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the land improvement<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>in</strong> 2008, based <strong>on</strong> the Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
123/2006 and Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 420/2008;<br />
• 12,407 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g support for the agricultural associati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> view to<br />
participate to organizati<strong>on</strong>s established at the EU level, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 545/2007;<br />
• 600,000 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g support for the agricultural associati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> view to<br />
participate to organizati<strong>on</strong>s established at the EU level, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 401/2008;<br />
• 1,893,272 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support granted for the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2007<br />
of frozen sem<strong>in</strong>al material from bulls certified and officially authorized, used <strong>in</strong><br />
the artificial <strong>in</strong>sem<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, accord<strong>in</strong>g to M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 641/200;<br />
• 2,082,835 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support granted for the acquisiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> 2008<br />
of frozen sem<strong>in</strong>al material from bulls certified and official authorized, used <strong>in</strong><br />
the artificial <strong>in</strong>sem<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, accord<strong>in</strong>g to M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 66/2008;<br />
• 100.000.000 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> agriculture, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Law no.<br />
231/2005, for this measure be<strong>in</strong>g allocated 78.04% from the MAFRD budget <strong>in</strong><br />
2008 (128,131,515 lei);<br />
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• 298,222,526 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g n<strong>on</strong>-reimbursable co-f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g from the state<br />
budget for <strong>in</strong>vestments projects with<strong>in</strong> the SAPARD Programme, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 59/2006;<br />
• 2,389,912 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g SAPARD 4.1 and 4.2 measures (technical<br />
assistance and professi<strong>on</strong>al tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g);<br />
• 38,095,506 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g direct support, granted for the neutralizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
animal waste, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 1211/2005;<br />
• 17,438,046 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g compensati<strong>on</strong>s for animals slaughtered to<br />
prevent and combat Epizooties, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no.<br />
1415/2004, established at the replacement value and market price of the<br />
animal slaughtered;<br />
• 20,731,203 lei, compensati<strong>on</strong> granted as a result of the weather c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
from the autumn of 2006 and the spr<strong>in</strong>g of 2007 (excessive dryness) under<br />
Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 636/2007 with subsequent amendments and<br />
additi<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• 31,804,802 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g agricultural life annuity for 2007, granted <strong>in</strong><br />
accordance with the previsi<strong>on</strong>s of title XI from Law no. 247/2005.<br />
• 4,160,144 lei, represent<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ance from the state budget of some measures<br />
for c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> and use of animal genetic resources <strong>in</strong> critical c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>, <strong>in</strong><br />
danger and vulnerable under Government Emergency Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no.<br />
194/2005, of which:<br />
- 199,309 lei, for 2007 year, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Emergency<br />
Ord<strong>in</strong>ance no. 194/2005, Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no. 853/2007 and<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 767/2007;<br />
- 3,960,835 lei, for 2008 year, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no.<br />
822/2008 and M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Order no. 582/2008;<br />
• 267,737 lei, for subsidiz<strong>in</strong>g of a percentage of 50% from the <strong>in</strong>surance<br />
premiums related to the <strong>in</strong>surance c<strong>on</strong>tracts of the agricultural producers<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cluded with the <strong>in</strong>surance companies, under Government Decisi<strong>on</strong> no.<br />
74/2003.<br />
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Chapter IV<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of SAPARD Programme with Other F<strong>in</strong>ancial Instruments<br />
for Internati<strong>on</strong>al Support<br />
IV. 1 General framework<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the provisi<strong>on</strong>s set out <strong>in</strong> Art. 1 – Secti<strong>on</strong> C, of MAFA, the European<br />
Commissi<strong>on</strong> and Romania must ensure the co-ord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> of support between the<br />
SAPARD Programme and the pre-accessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>struments such as ISPA, PHARE, and<br />
the assistance of EIB (the European Investment Bank), as well as other <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>struments.<br />
Under the MAFA provisi<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>in</strong> case any SAPARD project, due to its nature, might be<br />
entirely or partly eligible for assistance under <strong>on</strong>e of the other <strong>in</strong>struments menti<strong>on</strong>ed<br />
above, Romania must avoid any risk of the respective cost be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>curred more than<br />
<strong>on</strong>ce.<br />
In order to avoid overlaps and ensure a transparent use of <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>struments, Romania has created the structures needed to ensure the coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al f<strong>in</strong>ancial assistance.<br />
The European Commissi<strong>on</strong> regularly analyses the progress Romania has made <strong>in</strong><br />
us<strong>in</strong>g the funds that were allocated through the three f<strong>in</strong>ancial pre-accessi<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>struments PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD.<br />
For this purpose, the Jo<strong>in</strong>t M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee (JMC) holds <str<strong>on</strong>g>annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> meet<strong>in</strong>gs and<br />
comprises representatives of the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> and of the Romanian<br />
authorities <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the management of the pre-accessi<strong>on</strong> funds. JMC is<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sible for supervis<strong>in</strong>g the progress of EU-funded assistance <strong>programme</strong>s<br />
(PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD). Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, the JMC met <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>ce <strong>on</strong> the 10 th of<br />
June.<br />
In order to avoid double f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g, PARDF has been work<strong>in</strong>g with the fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s for projects that are similar to those f<strong>in</strong>anced under the SAPARD<br />
Programme, <strong>in</strong> order to identify and remove any <strong>in</strong>stance of possible double<br />
f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
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IV. 2 Assistance under PHARE Programme<br />
As regards the technical assistance provided by the PHARE Programmes, the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g projects were put <strong>in</strong>to practice for the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development<br />
and Fishery <strong>in</strong> 2008:<br />
IV.2.1 RO 2004/016-772.03. 02.01.02 EuropeAid/122610/D/SER/RO-Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for<br />
the staff of the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority and for the bodies <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the<br />
programm<strong>in</strong>g process and the sett<strong>in</strong>g up of the implementati<strong>on</strong> system<br />
Budget: EUR 500,000<br />
Value of the Services Supply C<strong>on</strong>tract: EUR 499,400<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> period: 13 m<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
Project objectives: - To improve the professi<strong>on</strong>al skills and knowledge of the staff<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Rural Development and<br />
Fishery <strong>programme</strong>s 2007 – 2013, through technical assistance and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> order<br />
to meet the requirements of the European Uni<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The follow<strong>in</strong>g results have been achieved:<br />
• A detailed 3-years tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g plan was elaborated, <strong>in</strong> collaborati<strong>on</strong> with the<br />
Romanian authorities, cover<strong>in</strong>g all pers<strong>on</strong>nel to be <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the<br />
implementati<strong>on</strong> of NRDP and FOP;<br />
• 134 pers<strong>on</strong>s with<strong>in</strong> The Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for NPRD, the Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority<br />
for FOP and with<strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s with horiz<strong>on</strong>tal resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities for EAFRD<br />
and EFF, were tra<strong>in</strong>ed at nati<strong>on</strong>al level;<br />
• 575 pers<strong>on</strong>s with<strong>in</strong> The Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for NRDP, Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority for<br />
FOP and with<strong>in</strong> PARDF, were tra<strong>in</strong>ed at regi<strong>on</strong>al/county level.<br />
The C<strong>on</strong>tract was signed <strong>on</strong> November 30 th , 2006. The project was f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong><br />
February 9 th , 2008.<br />
IV.2.2 RO 2005/017-553.03.02.01 –Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the staff of the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved<br />
<strong>in</strong> design<strong>in</strong>g and implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Rural Development Programme and the<br />
Fishery Operati<strong>on</strong>al Programme 2007 – 2013 and communicati<strong>on</strong> activities of<br />
the bodies resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>programme</strong>s<br />
Budget: 800,000 Euro<br />
Services C<strong>on</strong>tract value: 797,920 Euro<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> period: 10 m<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
Specific objectives:<br />
• To tra<strong>in</strong> all the employees of PIAA, PARDF and of the two Manag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Authorities resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the implementati<strong>on</strong> and payment functi<strong>on</strong>s related<br />
to the Rural Development and Fishery Programmes;<br />
• To tra<strong>in</strong> the future members of the M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g Committee <strong>on</strong> the Rural<br />
Development and Fishery Programmes;<br />
• To provide detailed <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> for the ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>volved entities and for the<br />
potential beneficiaries of the Rural Development Programmes (RDP) and<br />
Fishery Programmes (FOP) regard<strong>in</strong>g the available f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g opportunities<br />
and adm<strong>in</strong>istrative procedures to be implemented.<br />
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Results to be achieved:<br />
• Provisi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>troductory and <strong>in</strong>termediate level tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, for the different<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved, <strong>in</strong> various aspects of RDP and FOP implementati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Delivery of two <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> sem<strong>in</strong>ars <strong>in</strong> Romania for the bodies and ma<strong>in</strong><br />
entities <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> RDP and FOP;<br />
• Producti<strong>on</strong> of high-quality <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and communicati<strong>on</strong> materials –<br />
brochures, detailed guidel<strong>in</strong>es for applicants, websites, posters etc. – to<br />
support the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the RDP and FOP <strong>in</strong> Romania.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>tract was signed <strong>on</strong> November 30 th , 2007, and the activities started <strong>on</strong><br />
January 24 th , 2008. The project is f<strong>in</strong>alized.<br />
IV.2.3 RO 2005/017-553.03.02.03 – Technical Assistance for the elaborati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the software necessary for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Rural Development and<br />
Fishery Funds<br />
Budget: 4,000,000 Euro<br />
Services C<strong>on</strong>tract value: 2,499,998 Euro<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> period: November 31 st , 2007 – September 31 st , 2008<br />
The Technical Specificati<strong>on</strong>s have been elaborated with<strong>in</strong> Framework C<strong>on</strong>tract<br />
ROSU 41, the f<strong>in</strong>al form <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g all the observati<strong>on</strong>s specified by the beneficiaries.<br />
Objective:<br />
• The <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the rural development and<br />
fishery <strong>programme</strong>s (Manag<strong>in</strong>g Authority, PARDF and the delegated bodies) shall be<br />
equipped with the SOFTWARE necessary for the Management of the Informatics<br />
System for the efficient operati<strong>on</strong> at all the management levels and dur<strong>in</strong>g all the<br />
stages (programm<strong>in</strong>g, tender, c<strong>on</strong>tract<strong>in</strong>g, m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g, evaluati<strong>on</strong>, audit, c<strong>on</strong>trol and<br />
horiz<strong>on</strong>tal procedures).<br />
Results to be achieved:<br />
• Analysis of the user’s requirements (functi<strong>on</strong>s and data);<br />
• Def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the user’s requirements. The requirements must be captured<br />
/<strong>in</strong>terpreted / filled <strong>in</strong> by the c<strong>on</strong>tractor <strong>in</strong> a document which will be filed <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>teractively dur<strong>in</strong>g the entire period of implementati<strong>on</strong> of the project;<br />
• The document regard<strong>in</strong>g the elaborati<strong>on</strong> of the software applicati<strong>on</strong> – detailed<br />
architecture of the system and functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g specificati<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
• Sett<strong>in</strong>g up a data base <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g detailed and accurate relati<strong>on</strong>ship diagrams;<br />
• A set of tested hardware, tested system and applicati<strong>on</strong> modules already<br />
implemented;<br />
• A set of tested hardware, tested system and <strong>in</strong>terface modules already<br />
implemented;<br />
• A set of tested hardware, tested system and modules for the c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
data already implemented. The implemented modules for the c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
data will be accomplished for the purpose of <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g the data written <strong>in</strong><br />
different formats (e.g. MS Office, PDF, etc);<br />
• The reference technical documentati<strong>on</strong> for the software applicati<strong>on</strong> and the<br />
modules for the c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> of data;<br />
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• Envir<strong>on</strong>ment for the c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong> of the software for the development, test<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
test<strong>in</strong>g the acceptance of the user and of the producti<strong>on</strong> versi<strong>on</strong>s of the<br />
applicati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
• Plans and results regard<strong>in</strong>g the test<strong>in</strong>g of hardware and systems;<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the user, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g materials and practical works;<br />
• Inform<strong>in</strong>g the user, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the user’s guide and the user’s manual.<br />
The services supply c<strong>on</strong>tract was signed <strong>on</strong> November 31 st , 2007. The project was<br />
f<strong>in</strong>alized <strong>on</strong> February 27 th , 2009 and the F<strong>in</strong>al Report was submitted for endorsement<br />
at PARDF.<br />
IV.2.4 Phare Tw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g Project RO 2006/IB/AG/02 – Tw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g to set-up adequate<br />
structures assur<strong>in</strong>g the absorpti<strong>on</strong> of EU Rural Development and Fishery<br />
funds after Accesi<strong>on</strong><br />
Budget: 750,000 Euro<br />
Value of the Services Supply C<strong>on</strong>tract: 750,000 Euro<br />
Implementati<strong>on</strong> period: October 10 th , 2007 – January 10 th , 2009<br />
The objective of the project was to improve Romania’s capacity to absorb the<br />
necessary post-accessi<strong>on</strong> funds.<br />
Project’s purpose - To set-up adequate structures assur<strong>in</strong>g the absorpti<strong>on</strong> of EU<br />
funds for Rural Development and Fishery after accessi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The follow<strong>in</strong>g results were achieved:<br />
• The strengthen<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al capacity of the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural<br />
Development and Fisheries and the improvement of its operati<strong>on</strong>al framework<br />
<strong>in</strong> terms of legislati<strong>on</strong> and staff capabilities;<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of staff at central, regi<strong>on</strong>al and county levels as regards the<br />
operati<strong>on</strong>al manuals;<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of staff with<strong>in</strong> the Pay<strong>in</strong>g Agency for Rural Development and<br />
Fisheries <strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e with the Comm<strong>on</strong> Agricultural Policy and rural development<br />
strategy;<br />
• The system will be developed and fully operati<strong>on</strong>al.<br />
The c<strong>on</strong>tract was signed <strong>on</strong> October 10 th , 2007 and the activities were launched <strong>on</strong><br />
December 3 rd , 2007. The project is f<strong>in</strong>alized.<br />
IV. 3 Other f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>struments<br />
IV. 3.1 The Rural Development Project for the Apuseni Mounta<strong>in</strong>s funded by<br />
IFAD<br />
On May 10 th , 1999, <strong>in</strong> Rome, through its M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ance, Romania and the<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed the Loan Agreement<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the Rural Development Project for the Apuseni Mounta<strong>in</strong>s, ratified through<br />
Government Ord<strong>in</strong>ance No. 115/1999, approved by Law No. 25/2000.<br />
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The ma<strong>in</strong> objective of the Agreement is to raise household <strong>in</strong>come and improve liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
standards am<strong>on</strong>g poorer communities <strong>in</strong> the rural mounta<strong>in</strong> area, as well as creat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
new jobs <strong>in</strong> the rural area.<br />
The fund<strong>in</strong>g provided under the project totals 12.4 milli<strong>on</strong> SDR (Special Draft Right),<br />
the equivalent of 16.4 milli<strong>on</strong> USD; the loan is to be refunded between 1 st of June<br />
2004 and 1 st of December 2018.<br />
The <strong>programme</strong> was f<strong>in</strong>alised <strong>on</strong> the 31 st of December 2006, the last fund draft date<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g 30 th of June 2007. The IFAD Programme shall c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>in</strong> a revolv<strong>in</strong>g form until<br />
2018.<br />
For 2008 a number of 117 c<strong>on</strong>cluded c<strong>on</strong>tracts have been registered, the total value<br />
of the credits be<strong>in</strong>g of 4,771,408 USD, also be<strong>in</strong>g created 243 new jobs.<br />
In 2008 were registered 29 c<strong>on</strong>cluded c<strong>on</strong>tracts, the total value of the credits be<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
883,856 USD, also be<strong>in</strong>g created 55 new jobs.<br />
The <strong>programme</strong> covers 15 th counties: Alba, Arad, Bihor, Cluj, Hunedoara,Sălaj, Sibiu,<br />
Covasna, Harghita, Bacău, Buzău, Vâlcea, Vrancea, Neamţ and Suceava.<br />
The applicant must meet the follow<strong>in</strong>g criteria <strong>in</strong> order to submit a project:<br />
• to be a resident <strong>in</strong> the area covered by the project;<br />
• to provide proof of his/her solvency;<br />
• to make proof of technical competence regard<strong>in</strong>g the purpose of the loan.<br />
The acti<strong>on</strong>s funded by the Programme <strong>in</strong>clude:<br />
• Investments <strong>in</strong> the development, modernisati<strong>on</strong> and upgrad<strong>in</strong>g of small and<br />
medium dairy and meat process<strong>in</strong>g facilities, by provid<strong>in</strong>g them with specific<br />
equipment;<br />
• Procurement of animals to build parent breed<strong>in</strong>g stocks, build modern shelters<br />
that provide appropriate c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s for livestock rais<strong>in</strong>g;<br />
• Equipp<strong>in</strong>g households with specific agricultural mach<strong>in</strong>ery and equipment;<br />
• Agro tourism – modernis<strong>in</strong>g exist<strong>in</strong>g build<strong>in</strong>gs while preserv<strong>in</strong>g the traditi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
architecture of the area and design an appropriate <strong>in</strong>ner layout of houses;<br />
• Traditi<strong>on</strong>al trades and crafts;<br />
• Agricultural producti<strong>on</strong>, namely:<br />
- plant crop establishment – mechanical operati<strong>on</strong>s; procurement of seed,<br />
fertiliser, fuel etc;<br />
- livestock farms – procurement of feed c<strong>on</strong>centrates, vitam<strong>in</strong>s, premixes<br />
etc.<br />
The <strong>programme</strong> implementati<strong>on</strong> is carried out by the PCU (Project Coord<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong><br />
Unit) with<strong>in</strong> the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Public F<strong>in</strong>ances, the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture /DGRD - MA<br />
for NRDP, which m<strong>on</strong>itors the project implementati<strong>on</strong> and the Directorates for<br />
Agriculture and Rural Development <strong>in</strong> the 15 th counties that provide c<strong>on</strong>sultancy to<br />
potential IFAD beneficiaries.<br />
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IV. 3.2 Projects f<strong>in</strong>anced by the World Bank<br />
The project <strong>on</strong> “The Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> and Reform of the Irrigati<strong>on</strong> Sector” – The<br />
objectives of the project are: decreas<strong>in</strong>g the drought risk, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
ec<strong>on</strong>omical efficiency of irrigati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> management,<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g of the hydraulic and energetic efficiency of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> scheme,<br />
<strong>in</strong>volvement of beneficiaries (WUOs) <strong>in</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong> rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> and management.<br />
The Loan Agreement, for f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g the Project, was signed <strong>on</strong> August 26 th , 2003 by<br />
the Government of Romania and BIRD and the Parliament of Romania ratified the<br />
Loan Agreement <strong>in</strong> February 2004 through Law no. 4/2004. The implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
period is 2004 – 2011.<br />
The project will be implemented by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural<br />
Development through the Project Management Unit.<br />
The total cost of the project is of 102.947 milli<strong>on</strong>s USD and will be covered as follows:<br />
• IBRD - 80.0 mil. USD;<br />
• Romanian Government - 20.622 mil. USD;<br />
• Water Users Organizati<strong>on</strong>s (WUOs) - 2.325 mil. USD.<br />
The comp<strong>on</strong>ents of the project are the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
Comp<strong>on</strong>ent 1. Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems<br />
(a) Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
Through the ma<strong>in</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure the water is taken over from the source and<br />
transported till the pressure pump<strong>in</strong>g stati<strong>on</strong>s and it is composed by the <strong>in</strong>take, lift<strong>in</strong>g<br />
pump<strong>in</strong>g stati<strong>on</strong>s, the transport and delivery canals network and the afferent c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
structures.<br />
Through the Project, the ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure should be rehabilitated <strong>in</strong> 2 phases:<br />
(a1). Sadova Corabia irrigati<strong>on</strong> scheme (Olt and Dolj counties), area of 40.310<br />
ha and Terasa Nicoresti Tecuci (Galati county), area 11.030 ha;<br />
(a2). The irrigati<strong>on</strong> schemes: Terasa Viziru, Terasa Brailei (Braila county),<br />
Campia Covurlui (Galati county), Fantanele Sagu si Semlac Pereg (Arad<br />
county). The area is of 100.000 ha)<br />
(b) Water meters<br />
Installati<strong>on</strong> of about 300 water meters <strong>in</strong> the pressure pump<strong>in</strong>g stati<strong>on</strong>s of WUOs<br />
which had c<strong>on</strong>cluded c<strong>on</strong>tracts for water deliver<strong>in</strong>g with the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Land<br />
Reclamati<strong>on</strong> Adm<strong>in</strong>istrati<strong>on</strong> (NLRA).<br />
(c) Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>on</strong> farm <strong>in</strong>frastructure owned by WUOs<br />
(c1) Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> technical design – 100% c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of WUOs<br />
and works – 5% WUOs c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong><br />
(c2) Repairs of the <strong>on</strong> farm <strong>in</strong>frastructure through replac<strong>in</strong>g of the worn spare<br />
parts, based <strong>on</strong> technical expertise – 100% WUOs c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> and spare<br />
parts – 10% WUOs c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
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Comp<strong>on</strong>ent 2. Support for the <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al reform of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> sector<br />
(a) Support for NLRA<br />
(a1) IT equipment endowment<br />
(a2) Design and implementati<strong>on</strong> of the Management Informati<strong>on</strong> System<br />
(MIS).<br />
(b) Support for the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development<br />
(MAFRD)<br />
Endowment of the Regulatory Office of WUOs and Land Reclamati<strong>on</strong> Directorate<br />
with IT equipment and technical assistance.<br />
(c) Ec<strong>on</strong>omic analysis of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> sector<br />
A study for establish<strong>in</strong>g the ec<strong>on</strong>omical viable schemes/part of irrigati<strong>on</strong> schemes will<br />
be carried out <strong>in</strong> order to establish the priorities to <strong>in</strong>vest <strong>in</strong> the ec<strong>on</strong>omical z<strong>on</strong>es.<br />
(d) Support for WUOs.<br />
Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and WUOs endowment with IT equipment, irrigati<strong>on</strong> equipment and means<br />
of transport (motorcycles) for field water<strong>in</strong>g survey.<br />
Comp<strong>on</strong>ent 3. Technologies for Energetic C<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> Reducti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>to the <strong>on</strong><br />
farm <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
This comp<strong>on</strong>ent will focus <strong>on</strong> the possibilities to decrease the energetic c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />
us<strong>in</strong>g pump<strong>in</strong>g units and irrigati<strong>on</strong> equipment with low pressure and establishment of<br />
a dem<strong>on</strong>strati<strong>on</strong> field with such equipment.<br />
Comp<strong>on</strong>ent 4. Support for Project implementati<strong>on</strong><br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial support to the Project Management Unit: staff, IT and office equipment,<br />
means of transport and technical assistance for the Project implementati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the acti<strong>on</strong> plan for 2008, the activity had been focused <strong>on</strong> the irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> and the support for WUOs <strong>in</strong> order to improve the<br />
irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure for the <strong>on</strong>-farm irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems that are <strong>in</strong> the property of<br />
the WUOs.<br />
A. Ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure rehabilitati<strong>on</strong><br />
1. Ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Sadova Corabia and Terasa Nicoresti<br />
Tecuci irrigati<strong>on</strong> systems (40.000 ha and 10.000 ha respective)<br />
1.1. Ma<strong>in</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong> stati<strong>on</strong> rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> L1, PN, PS and gate R0 at the Danube<br />
(works were completed <strong>in</strong> time – July 30 th , 2008)<br />
1.2. Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the channel and dra<strong>in</strong>age network <strong>in</strong> the Sadova Corabia<br />
irrigati<strong>on</strong> system (the completi<strong>on</strong> – March 2010)<br />
a) The irrigati<strong>on</strong> channel network – waterproof<strong>in</strong>g and related hydro technical<br />
c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s (22 cannels - 190 km )<br />
• F<strong>in</strong>alized works – 5 cannels (60 km); value: 13,7 mil lei;<br />
• Works <strong>in</strong> progress for completi<strong>on</strong> (17 channels – 130 km) - 70% f<strong>in</strong>alized; Value<br />
= 29,1 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei out of which paid = 20,4 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei;<br />
• Hydro technical c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s works – 100% realized; Value = 5,1 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei<br />
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b) Dra<strong>in</strong>age channels – desalt<strong>in</strong>g and clean<strong>in</strong>g the wood and grassy vegetati<strong>on</strong> (40<br />
channels – 180 km);<br />
• 18 channels (81 km) – f<strong>in</strong>alized works; value: 2, 7 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei<br />
c) Restor<strong>in</strong>g the tree shelter-belts – replant<strong>in</strong>g of trees to restore the adequate tree<br />
density – 113 ha;<br />
• F<strong>in</strong>alized works 100%; Value: 0,87 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei.<br />
1.3. Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure and dra<strong>in</strong>age <strong>in</strong> the Terasa<br />
Nicoresti Tecuci irrigati<strong>on</strong> system<br />
On April 30 th , 2008 took place the recepti<strong>on</strong> of the f<strong>in</strong>alized works with 3 m<strong>on</strong>ths <strong>in</strong><br />
advance from the c<strong>on</strong>tract term.<br />
1.4. The feasibility study and the technical project for the rehabilitati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the Phase II – about 100,000 ha Terasa Viziru and Terasa Brailei –<br />
Braila County, Campia Covurlui –Galati County, Fantanele Sagu and Semlac<br />
Pereg – Arad County)<br />
The technical – ec<strong>on</strong>omical <strong>in</strong>dicators accord<strong>in</strong>g to the feasibility studies were<br />
approved by the Government <strong>in</strong> December 2008.<br />
• The technical project for Terasa Viziru irrigati<strong>on</strong> system – f<strong>in</strong>alized; The<br />
estimated value of works – 50 mil. lei<br />
• The technical project for Terasa Braila irrigati<strong>on</strong> system –SPA km 166<br />
subsystems– f<strong>in</strong>alized. The estimated value of works – 13.2 mil. Lei.<br />
1.5. Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of 2 ma<strong>in</strong> pump<strong>in</strong>g stati<strong>on</strong>s (SPA km 221 and SRP01 <strong>in</strong><br />
Terasa Viziru irrigati<strong>on</strong> system)<br />
- The c<strong>on</strong>tract is submitted to the special directorates from MAFRD for approval<br />
and signature. Works value = 9.6 mil lei.<br />
B. Support for Water Users Organizati<strong>on</strong>s (WUOs)<br />
b.1. Water meters for the pump<strong>in</strong>g stati<strong>on</strong>s (SPP) owned by WUOs<br />
a. Planned 300 water meters;<br />
b. 151 water meters for 48 WUOs – 126 SPPs – <strong>in</strong> value of 2.0 mil lei;<br />
c. <strong>in</strong> preparati<strong>on</strong> – 150 water meters for 75 WUOs. Estimated value 4.0 mil. lei.<br />
b.2 Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the <strong>on</strong>-farm <strong>in</strong>frastructure owned by WUOs<br />
b.2.a Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> technical project (100% WUO c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for the<br />
project and 5% c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for works)<br />
a. Planned: rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of 11 WUOs - Value: 8.4 mil lei;<br />
b. 5 WUOs from the Sadova Corabia irrigati<strong>on</strong> system; Value: 4.44 mil lei; f<strong>in</strong>alized<br />
works.<br />
c. 6 WUOs from Terasa Nicoresti Tecuci irrigati<strong>on</strong> system; Value 3.98 mil lei;<br />
Deadl<strong>in</strong>e for completi<strong>on</strong> – May 2009<br />
b.2.b Reparati<strong>on</strong>s (spare parts) based <strong>on</strong> technical expertise (100% WUO<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for technical expertise and 10% c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> for spare parts)<br />
a. Planned: 50 WUOs; value: 51 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei;<br />
b. 4 WUOs – delivery f<strong>in</strong>alized: 3.05 mil lei;<br />
c. 46 WUOs; Estimated value: 47 mil lei (under bidd<strong>in</strong>g process).<br />
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b.3. Procurement of the irrigati<strong>on</strong> equipment (10% WUO c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>)<br />
a. Planned: 1500 <strong>in</strong>stallati<strong>on</strong>s for 100 WUOs;<br />
b. 595 irrigati<strong>on</strong> equipment for 62 WUOs – delivery f<strong>in</strong>alized dur<strong>in</strong>g 2006-2007.<br />
Value: 6.3 mil. Lei;<br />
c. under preparati<strong>on</strong> a package of 350 <strong>in</strong>stallati<strong>on</strong>s – 11.3 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei.<br />
b.4. IT equipments (10% WUO c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>)<br />
a. Planned: 100 sets /WUO ( 1 set: 1 computer +1 pr<strong>in</strong>ter + 1 copy mach<strong>in</strong>e +1 fax);<br />
b. Realized: 53 Sets; Total value of goods = 0,5 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei;<br />
c. Under preparati<strong>on</strong> 47 sets for 47 WUOs; Estimated value = 0.45 milli<strong>on</strong>s lei.<br />
b.5. Motorcycles for field irrigati<strong>on</strong>s survey and for <strong>in</strong>terventi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
a. Planned: 140 motorcycles for 70 WUOs<br />
b. Realised: 78 motorcycles for 54 WUOs; Value = 0.25 mil lei<br />
c. Under preparati<strong>on</strong> bid for 62 motorcycles; Estimated value = 0.3 mil lei<br />
The project „Moderniz<strong>in</strong>g Agricultural Knowledge and Informati<strong>on</strong> Systems”<br />
(MAKIS) is implemented by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural<br />
Development (MAFRD) and by the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sanitary, Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety<br />
Authority (NSVFSA) through theirs PMU’s. The Loan Agreement between Romania<br />
and the Internati<strong>on</strong>al Bank for Rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> and Development (IBRD) for f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the project was signed <strong>in</strong> Bucharest <strong>on</strong> January 28 th , 2005. The Loan Agreement was<br />
ratified through Law no. 170/2005 published <strong>in</strong> the Official Gazette no. 526/21 st of<br />
June 2005 and the effectiveness was announced <strong>on</strong> June 24 th , 2005. The total value<br />
of the project is of 59.88 milli<strong>on</strong> Euros, out of which 41.4 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro is the World<br />
Bank loan no. 4758-Ro and 18.48 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro is the c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of the Romanian<br />
Government. The official launch of the project took place <strong>on</strong> September 22, 2005.<br />
The „Moderniz<strong>in</strong>g Agricultural Knowledge and Informati<strong>on</strong> Systems” Project is<br />
focused <strong>on</strong> three comp<strong>on</strong>ents that are priorities for EU <strong>in</strong>tegrati<strong>on</strong>, respectively food<br />
safety, agricultural research and <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> and extensi<strong>on</strong> system.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> objective of the project is to assist the Romanian Government to improve<br />
the competitiveness of farmers and agro-processors <strong>in</strong> the EU <strong>in</strong>tegrati<strong>on</strong><br />
envir<strong>on</strong>ment. This will be achieved through strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sanitary<br />
Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety Authority and the phyto-sanitary units, modernizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
the nati<strong>on</strong>al agricultural research system and improvement of the c<strong>on</strong>sultancy and<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g services, thus ensur<strong>in</strong>g the access to relevant technologies and <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
by the farm<strong>in</strong>g community <strong>in</strong> order to meet EU requirements. The primary<br />
beneficiaries would be middle-sized and small farmers with the potential to become<br />
commercial.<br />
The project is implemented over five years and c<strong>on</strong>sists of three comp<strong>on</strong>ents:<br />
A. Strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sanitary, Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety Authority<br />
(NSVFSA) and the Phyto-sanitary Units;<br />
B. Support for Agricultural Research;<br />
C. Support for Advisory and Informati<strong>on</strong> System.<br />
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A. Strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sanitary, Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety Authority<br />
(NSVFSA) and the Phyto-sanitary Units<br />
A.1. Instituti<strong>on</strong>al Capacity Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
This subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent aims at improv<strong>in</strong>g the communicati<strong>on</strong> system, develop<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
awareness system and at support<strong>in</strong>g the press office from NSVFSA.<br />
‣ Strengthen the communicati<strong>on</strong> system with support for IT<br />
The ToRs regard<strong>in</strong>g the c<strong>on</strong>sultance services corresp<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to the preparati<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
ToRs for the IT platform were approved by NSVFSA (25 th of March 2008) and<br />
forwarded to the World Bank for “no objecti<strong>on</strong>”. The World Bank made some<br />
comments based <strong>on</strong> which the Food Safety General Directorate from NSVFSA<br />
revised the ToRs.<br />
‣ Public Awareness System<br />
A.2 Improv<strong>in</strong>g the Nati<strong>on</strong>al and Regi<strong>on</strong>al Network of veter<strong>in</strong>ary laboratories<br />
With<strong>in</strong> this comp<strong>on</strong>ent, the project supports the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of a new build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
accord<strong>in</strong>g to EU norms for the Institute for Hygiene and Veter<strong>in</strong>ary Public Health<br />
(IHVPH) and equipp<strong>in</strong>g the Sanitary Veter<strong>in</strong>ary and Food Safety Directorates<br />
(SVFSD) Bucharest, Braşov and Prahova. Through the MAKIS project there are<br />
provisi<strong>on</strong>ed 2 milli<strong>on</strong> Euro for the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of the new build<strong>in</strong>g, while the most<br />
recent estimated cost is c<strong>on</strong>siderably higher. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the May 26 – June 6, 2008<br />
World Bank Supervisi<strong>on</strong> Missi<strong>on</strong> it was discussed the possibility that a significant<br />
fracti<strong>on</strong> of the fund from the NSVFSA comp<strong>on</strong>ent to be reallocated to the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong><br />
of the build<strong>in</strong>g. NSVFSA -PMU is to forward the reallocati<strong>on</strong> request to the M<strong>in</strong>istry of<br />
Public F<strong>in</strong>ances, after obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the approval of the technical departments and of the<br />
project coord<strong>in</strong>ator.<br />
The equipments for SVFSD Bucharest and Braşov were procured and delivered to<br />
the beneficiaries. The bidd<strong>in</strong>g for SVFSD Prahova was postp<strong>on</strong>ed until the laboratory<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> with SAPARD fund<strong>in</strong>g is completed.<br />
A.3 Support for the strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the Border Inspecti<strong>on</strong> Posts: Otopeni,<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stanţa North and South – subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent f<strong>in</strong>alized<br />
A.4 Animal Welfare<br />
This subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent was <strong>in</strong>itially designed to have NSVFSA c<strong>on</strong>tract the Pasteur<br />
Institute to carry out a program for Animal Welfare <strong>in</strong> livestock producti<strong>on</strong> to<br />
dem<strong>on</strong>strate the EU requirements.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g plan the project organized for 45 specialists a tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> animal welfare <strong>in</strong> Alba county. All the arrangements were made (February<br />
2008), but the sessi<strong>on</strong> was postp<strong>on</strong>ed due to a visit from the European Commissi<strong>on</strong><br />
and so far was not rescheduled.<br />
A.5 Phyto-Sanitary Units<br />
The project provides support to the Phyto-sanitary Department <strong>in</strong> MAFRD, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the two Nati<strong>on</strong>al Reference Laboratories and the county laboratories, through IT and<br />
laboratory equipment, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and technical assistance. All the equipments required<br />
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by the Central Laboratory for Pesticides Residues C<strong>on</strong>trol for Plant and Plant<br />
Products and by the Central Laboratory for Phyto-sanitary Quarant<strong>in</strong>e were<br />
purchased and are currently <strong>in</strong> use. The c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of the water dec<strong>on</strong>tam<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong><br />
facility at the Central Laboratory for Phyto-sanitary Quarant<strong>in</strong>e is underway and it is<br />
expected to be f<strong>in</strong>alized dur<strong>in</strong>g the first decade of 2009.<br />
A.6 Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Program<br />
The objective of this subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent is to tra<strong>in</strong> the NSVFSA staff and the phytosanitary<br />
pers<strong>on</strong>nel of MAFRD <strong>in</strong> EU <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
B. Support for Agricultural Research<br />
B.1 Establish<strong>in</strong>g the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Reference Laboratories<br />
‣ Nati<strong>on</strong>al Reference Laboratory for GMO Detecti<strong>on</strong> at INCDBH Ştefăneşti<br />
The aim of this subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent is to provide support for found<strong>in</strong>g a Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Reference Laboratory for GMO detecti<strong>on</strong> at INCDBH Ştefăneşti that is to be<br />
accredited by RENAR.<br />
June 24-27, 2008, three researchers participated to the First Global C<strong>on</strong>ference <strong>on</strong><br />
GMO organized by the Jo<strong>in</strong>t Research Center of the European Commissi<strong>on</strong> at Como,<br />
Italy.<br />
The RENAR audit, <strong>on</strong>e of the compulsory stages of the accreditati<strong>on</strong> process, was<br />
performed <strong>in</strong> November 16-18, 2008. There was analyzed the documentati<strong>on</strong>, the<br />
laboratory records, the procedures for sample analysis and the two trials for which<br />
the accreditati<strong>on</strong> was requested: qualitative and quantitative determ<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> for soy<br />
bean and corn samples. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the audit<strong>in</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>report</str<strong>on</strong>g> several problems were<br />
identified. INCDBH Ştefăneşti elaborated, <strong>in</strong> December 2008, an acti<strong>on</strong> plan to solve<br />
them, to be implemented start<strong>in</strong>g January 2009.<br />
‣ Nati<strong>on</strong>al Reference Laboratory for the Implementati<strong>on</strong> of the EU Nitrates<br />
(91/676/EEC) and Sludge Directives (86/278/EEC) at RISSA<br />
The aim of this subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent is to provide support for found<strong>in</strong>g a Nati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Reference Laboratory for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the EU Nitrates and Sludge<br />
Directives at RISSA.<br />
The researchers from RISSA attended several tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g programs, study tours and<br />
scientific c<strong>on</strong>ferences, as follows:<br />
‣ 1 st -4 th of July 2008, 3 researchers attended the c<strong>on</strong>ference “Green5,<br />
C<strong>on</strong>ference for a Susta<strong>in</strong>able Development”, Vilnius, Lithuania;<br />
‣ 6 th -10 th of July 2008, 2 researchers participated to a documentati<strong>on</strong> visit at the<br />
Federal M<strong>in</strong>istry of Agriculture, Forestry, Envir<strong>on</strong>ment and Waters, Viena,<br />
Austria;<br />
‣ 16 th -20 th of September 2008, 3 researchers participated to the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g course<br />
“Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Soil and Groundwater Research”, organized by Van Welt Ltd,<br />
UK;<br />
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‣ 20 th -24 th of October 2008, 3 researchers participated to the “Soil and<br />
groundwater c<strong>on</strong>ference” <strong>in</strong> Netherlands;<br />
‣ 26 th October – 1 st November 2008, 2 researchers participated to the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
course “GIS basics” organized by the Cranfield University, Bedford UK;<br />
‣ 23 rd -27 th of November 2008, 3 researchers participated to the 17 th<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Symposium of CIEC, Egypt.<br />
B.2 Reform program<br />
Five Research Institutes have been identified at time of MAKIS project appraisal, to<br />
be reformed <strong>in</strong> order to have the capacity to address priority research programs:<br />
Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Fundulea ; Potato and Sugar Beet<br />
Research and Design Institute, Braşov; Nati<strong>on</strong>al Research and Development Institute<br />
for Biotechnology <strong>in</strong> Horticulture, Ştefăneşti, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Research and Development<br />
Institute for Soil Science, Agro-chemistry and Envir<strong>on</strong>ment Protecti<strong>on</strong>, Bucharest<br />
and Animal Biology and Nutriti<strong>on</strong> Institute, Baloteşti.<br />
Regard<strong>in</strong>g the rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> works and the implementati<strong>on</strong> stage of the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g plan,<br />
the follow<strong>in</strong>g results were recorded:<br />
‣ IBNA Baloteşti<br />
Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> works<br />
The land registrati<strong>on</strong> is f<strong>in</strong>alized for the facilities that are to be rehabilitated: the ma<strong>in</strong><br />
build<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>in</strong>stitute, the nutriti<strong>on</strong> physiology laboratory and the gas <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
of the <strong>in</strong>stitute. In December 2008, MAKIS-PMU sent to the World Bank for “no<br />
objecti<strong>on</strong>” the terms of reference for a c<strong>on</strong>sultancy company to elaborate the<br />
technical project and the feasibility study for the rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> of the ma<strong>in</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
the <strong>in</strong>stitute and the gas <strong>in</strong>frastructure of the <strong>in</strong>stitute.<br />
Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
The <strong>in</strong>stitute organized between 25-26 September 2008, with support form MAKIS<br />
project, the “7 th Internati<strong>on</strong>al Symposium of Biology and Animal Nutriti<strong>on</strong>”.<br />
‣ NARDI Fundulea<br />
Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> works<br />
The <strong>in</strong>stitute obta<strong>in</strong>ed the urbanism certificate for the facilities that are to be<br />
rehabilitated through MAKIS project. C<strong>on</strong>sequently, a c<strong>on</strong>sultant company was<br />
selected to prepare the feasibility study, the technical project and help the <strong>in</strong>stitute<br />
obta<strong>in</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> authorizati<strong>on</strong>s. Follow<strong>in</strong>g its negotiati<strong>on</strong>, the c<strong>on</strong>tract was<br />
signed <strong>in</strong> May 2008. The TORs for the build<strong>in</strong>g rehabilitati<strong>on</strong>, prepared based <strong>on</strong> the<br />
technical project and the feasibility study, were transmitted to the World Bank for “no<br />
objecti<strong>on</strong>” <strong>in</strong> December 2008.<br />
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Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
Between May 26 - June 27, 2008, 5 young researchers were tra<strong>in</strong>ed at CIMMYT<br />
(Internati<strong>on</strong>al Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) from Mexico at the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
“Basis of the susta<strong>in</strong>able producti<strong>on</strong> systems”.<br />
‣ PSRDI Braşov<br />
Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
‣ October 15-December 13, 2008, 1 researchers was tra<strong>in</strong>ed at NEIKER,<br />
Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Bilbao, Spa<strong>in</strong>;<br />
‣ November 28-December 10, 2008, 2 researchers participated to the Fourth<br />
Lat<strong>in</strong>-American Sem<strong>in</strong>ar <strong>on</strong> Potato Use and Commercializati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
‣ ICPA Bucharest (RISSA)<br />
Rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> works<br />
The reform plan <strong>in</strong>cludes the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of a new build<strong>in</strong>g of the <strong>in</strong>stitute which will<br />
host the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Reference Laboratory for the Implementati<strong>on</strong> of the EU Nitrates<br />
(91/676/EEC) and Sludge Directives (86/278/EEC).<br />
The urbanism certificate was obta<strong>in</strong>ed (May 2008). A company was selected to<br />
undertake the feasibility study, design the technical project and to obta<strong>in</strong> the<br />
authorizati<strong>on</strong>s for c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> (July 2008).<br />
B.3 Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g the Competitive Grant Scheme<br />
The subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent’s aim is to ma<strong>in</strong>stream <strong>in</strong>to MAFRD’s regular activity a<br />
Competitive Grant Scheme, follow<strong>in</strong>g the model implemented successfully by the<br />
Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP).<br />
The Competitive Grant Scheme is managed by the Technical Unit with<strong>in</strong> MAFRD with<br />
support from PMU-MAKIS.<br />
By the end of 2008, there were launched 5 competitive bidd<strong>in</strong>gs (March 2007, August<br />
2007, January 2008, February 2008 and August 2008). The Grant Agreements were<br />
signed for the projects approved <strong>in</strong> the first four bidd<strong>in</strong>gs, and the project proposals<br />
approved <strong>in</strong> the fifth bidd<strong>in</strong>g are <strong>in</strong> the negotiati<strong>on</strong>s phase. The c<strong>on</strong>cept notes and the<br />
project proposals were analyzed by peer reviewers and the <strong>on</strong>es that obta<strong>in</strong>ed the<br />
m<strong>in</strong>imum required score were discussed by the CGS Board and c<strong>on</strong>sequently<br />
approved. On aggregate, there were signed 34 Grant Agreements (1 st bidd<strong>in</strong>g – 10<br />
projects, 2 nd bidd<strong>in</strong>g – 10 projects, 3 rd bidd<strong>in</strong>g 10 projects, 4 th bidd<strong>in</strong>g – 4 projects;<br />
Annex 1 – list of signed grant agreements) and <strong>on</strong>e was later cancelled by the CGS<br />
Board. At the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of 2009 there will be launched the 6 th bidd<strong>in</strong>g to commit the<br />
rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g CGS funds.<br />
MAKIS-PMU assisted CGSTU <strong>in</strong> all aspects of CGS implementati<strong>on</strong> and especially<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial management, procurement, m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluati<strong>on</strong> (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the computerized Management Informati<strong>on</strong> System).<br />
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C. Support for Advisory and Informati<strong>on</strong> Systems<br />
The objective of this comp<strong>on</strong>ent is to improve the capacity of the agricultural<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sultants, food safety specialists and of the agricultural researchers to better serve<br />
the needs and improve competitiveness of farmers, producers and processors and to<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease access of farmers and processors to knowledge <strong>on</strong> technologies related to<br />
producti<strong>on</strong>, quality c<strong>on</strong>trol, food safety, process<strong>in</strong>g and market<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> order to meet the<br />
EU requirements.<br />
C.1. Sett<strong>in</strong>g-up the Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and Informati<strong>on</strong> Center<br />
This comp<strong>on</strong>ent supports the sett<strong>in</strong>g-up of four Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and Informati<strong>on</strong> Centers<br />
(TICs) for tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g agricultural c<strong>on</strong>sultants, food safety <strong>in</strong>spectors and researchers. To<br />
coord<strong>in</strong>ate TICs activities a C<strong>on</strong>sultative Council was founded with representatives<br />
from: MAFRD, MAKIS-PMU, NAAC, AAFS, NSVFSA, agricultural universities (4<br />
seats), Romanian Farmer’s Associati<strong>on</strong>, private sector.<br />
The C<strong>on</strong>tract Amendment with TIC Bucharest was signed (May 16, 2008) for tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
660 agricultural c<strong>on</strong>sultants and 100 food safety <strong>in</strong>spectors. By the end of 2008, there<br />
were tra<strong>in</strong>ed 240 agricultural c<strong>on</strong>sultants and 100 food safety <strong>in</strong>spectors.<br />
By the end of 2008, there were tra<strong>in</strong>ed 40 agricultural c<strong>on</strong>sultants, 40 researchers<br />
and 20 food safety <strong>in</strong>spectors at TIC Cluj, and 20 agricultural c<strong>on</strong>sultants at TIC<br />
Timişoara.<br />
C.2. Improv<strong>in</strong>g Effectiveness of the Advisory Services<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tract Extensi<strong>on</strong> Activities<br />
This subcomp<strong>on</strong>ent provides support for <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> campaigns for farmers and agroproducers.<br />
To support the “Farmer” program there were edited and distributed the<br />
brochure “Guidel<strong>in</strong>es for the Farmer Program” 10,000 copies and the leaflet “Farmer<br />
Program for any understand<strong>in</strong>g: 5 important steps to be taken”, 10,000 copies each.<br />
MAFRD requested support from MAKIS project for the implementati<strong>on</strong> of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
campaign regard<strong>in</strong>g CAP’s sec<strong>on</strong>d pillar measures, producer groups and agroenvir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
schemes, and for PIAA’s <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> campaigns <strong>on</strong> S<strong>in</strong>gle Area<br />
Payment Scheme and <strong>on</strong> the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Complementary Direct Payments applicable to<br />
CAP’s first pillar. The <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> campaign <strong>on</strong> the CAP’s Sec<strong>on</strong>d Pillar measures<br />
was implemented by flyers dissem<strong>in</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> and by produc<strong>in</strong>g and broadcast<strong>in</strong>g audiovideo<br />
spots. For the PIAA campaign there were pr<strong>in</strong>ted 150,000 <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> flyers<br />
regard<strong>in</strong>g the SAPS funds requests and 250,000 copies of the “S<strong>in</strong>gle Area Payment<br />
Scheme – The Farmer’s Guide”.<br />
V. Annexes:<br />
Annex 1 – F<strong>in</strong>ancial tables;<br />
Annex 2 - M<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g tables;<br />
Annex 3 - Approved projects.<br />
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